Selective Trade Pty Limited v Ferngrove Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd & Anor [2022] NSWDC 131

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Selective Trade Pty Limited v Ferngrove Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd & Anor [2022] NSWDC 131 Hearing dates: 20-24, 27-29 September 2021 1 & 7 October 2021, final written submissions 22 October 2021 Date of orders: 29 April 2022 Decision date: 29 April 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Coleman SC DCJ Decision: 1. Judgment for the plaintiff against the first defendant on the amended statement of claim in the sum of $1064.37. 2. Judgment for the second defendant on the amended statement of claim. 3. The plaintiff is to pay the defendants' costs of the proceedings as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: Contract – Construction of Contract – Breach of Contract – Failure To Deliver Goods – Sale of Goods Act 1923 (NSW) – Claim for Statutory & Common Law Damages – Whether the Defendants Repudiated the Contract – Whether the Defendants Engaged in Misleading and Deceptive Conduct –– Australian Consumer Law (ACL) – Breach of Statutory Implied Warranty – Assessment of Damages – No Evidence of Loss or Damage – Nominal Damages Legislation Cited: Competition and Consumer Law Act 2010 (Cth) Sch 2 ('Australian Consumer Law') ss 18, 236 District Court Act 1973 (NSW) s 4 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 131, 131(2)(g), 131(2)(i), 131(5)(a), Sale of Goods Act 1923 (NSW) ss 17, 32, 53 Cases Cited: Anderson v Canaccord Genuity Financial Ltd [2022] NSWSC 58 Ashby v White (1703) 2 Ld Raym 938 Castel Electronics Pty Ltd v Toshiba Singapore Pte Ltd [2011] FCAFC 55 Charter Reinsurance Co Ltd v Fagan [1996] 3 All ER 46; [1997] AC 313 Crown Melbourne Ltd v Cosmopolitan Hotel (Vic) Pty Ltd (2016) 260 CLR 1; [2016] HCA 26 Ecosse Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Gee Dee Nominees Pty Ltd (2017) 343 ALR 58; [2017] HCA 12 Electricity Generation Corporation (T/as Verve Energy) v Woodside Energy Limited (2014) 251 CLR 640; [2014] HCA 7 Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Glengallen Investments Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 471; [2004] HCA 55 Daniels (formerly practising as Deloitte Haskins & Sells) v Anderson (AWA Case) (1995) 37 NSWLR 438 Hadley v Baxendale [1843 – 60] All ER Rep 461; (1854) 156 ER 145 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Ltd (2007) 233 CLR 115; [2007] HCA 61 Kuhl v Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd (2011) 243 CLR 361; [2011] HCA 11 Luna Park (NSW) Ltd v Tramways Advertising Pty Ltd (1938) 61 CLR 286 Malouf v Constantinou [2017] NSWSC 923 Mediana, Owners of the Steamship v Owners, Master & Crew of the Lightship Comet [1900] AC 113 Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 104; [2015] HCA 37 New South Wales v Moss (2000) 54 NSWLR 536; [2000] NSWCA 133 New South Wales v Stevens (2012) 82 NSWLR 106; [2012] NSWCA 415 Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas (2004) 218 CLR 451; [2004] HCA 35 Placer (Granny Smith) Pty Ltd v Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd (2003) 196 ALR 257; [2003] HCA 10 Rivat Pty Ltd v B & N Elomar Engineering Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 638 The Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2004) 219 CLR 165; [2004] HCA 52 Tramways Advertising Pty Ltd v Luna Park (NSW) Ltd (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 632 Troulis v Vamvoukakis [1998] NSWCA 237 Whitfeld v De Lauret & Co Ltd (1920) 29 CLR 71; [1920] HCA 75 Texts Cited: N/A Category: Principal judgment Parties: Selective Trade Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Ferngrove Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Wei Tang (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr D Parish (Plaintiff) Mr S Burchett (First & Second Defendants)