Espresso Company Australia Pty Ltd v Savino Del Bene Australia Pty Ltd [2020] NSWLC 13

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Espresso Company Australia Pty Ltd v Savino Del Bene Australia Pty Ltd [2020] NSWLC 13 Hearing dates: 16 December 2019 and 15 May 2020 Date of orders: 3 July 2020 Decision date: 03 July 2020 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Huntsman LCM Decision: Verdict for the defendants on the Statement of Claim Verdict for the cross-claimant on the Statement of Cross Claim The Statement of Claim is dismissed. The cross-claimant succeeds against the cross-defendant in establishing the indemnity claimed in the Cross Claim, but given the orders made in relation to the Statement of Claim, no further order on the Cross Claim is required Catchwords: Carriage by sea and land; bailment; sub-bailment; contract; bailment on terms; Bill of Lading; time bar clause; estoppel; liability limitation clauses; Himalaya clause; whether delivery included to plaintiff's warehouse; Hague Visby Rules; implied terms; applicable contract of carriage; breach of contract; interaction between the concurrent contracts, exclusion clauses in contracts, Himalaya clause, and bailment; estoppel in relation to time bar in contract; intersection of bailment and contractual law principles Legislation Cited: Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991 (Cth) Cases Cited: BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 Life Savers (Australasia) Ltd v Frigmobile Pty Ltd & Another[1983] 1 NSWLR 43 China Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v PS Chelloram 7 Co Ltd (1990) 28 NSWLR 354 Legione v Hateley (1982-1983) 152 CLR 406 Moratic Pty Ltd v Gordon 13 BPR 24 Hobbs v Petersham Transport Co Pty Ltd (1971) 124 CLR 220 The Pioneer Container [1994] 2 AC 324 The Mahkutai [996] AC 650 Cro Travel PL v Australia Capital Financial PL [2018] NSWCA 153 Goldman v Thai Airways International Ltd [1983] 1 WLR 1186 Webster v Strang; Steiner v Strang [2018] NSWSC 495 Kamil Export (Aust) Pty Ltd v NPL (Australia) Pty Ltd [1996] 1 VR 538 Texts Cited: Carter on Contract (Lexis Nexis) Bailment, N.E. Palmer, 2nd edition, The Law Book Company Limited, 1991 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Espresso Company Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 123 284 015), plaintiff Savino Del Bene Australia Pty Ltd (ACN 098 199 270), first defendant and cross-defendant FRF Holdings Pty Ltd t/as FRF Couriers (ACN 052 544 126), second defendant and cross-claimant Dotrans Logistics Pty Ltd (ACN 623 915 104) ,third defendant Lam Vien DO t/as Dotrans Logistics (ABN 27 165 057 075), fourth defendant Representation: Counsel: Derek Hand, plaintiff Quintin Rares, first defendant and cross-defendant Ivan Griscti, second defendant and cross-claimant No appearance, third defendant No appearance, fourth defendant