OZ International Investment Pty Ltd v Star Moon Investments Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 148

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: OZ International Investment Pty Ltd v Star Moon Investments Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 148 Hearing dates: 29 May 2023 Date of orders: 30 June 2023 Decision date: 30 June 2023 Before: Ward P at [1]; Davies J at [125]; Hallen J at [126] Decision: Appeal dismissed with costs. Catchwords: CONTRACTS – Construction – Interpretation –Meaning of the word "recommend" – Where the commercial context requires the recommendation of a tenant to involve more than finding or introducing one – Whether finding a witness unreliable affected the construction of the agreement CONTRACTS – Termination – Repudiation of contract – Whether there was a breach of an essential term amounting to repudiation of a deed Cases Cited: Ankar Pty Ltd v National Westminster Finance (Australia) Ltd (1987) 162 CLR 549; [1987] HCA 15 DTR Nominees Pty Ltd v Mona Homes Pty Ltd (1978) 138 CLR 423; [1978] HCA 12 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640; [2014] HCA 7 Galafassi v Kelly (2014) 87 NSWLR 119; [2014] NSWCA 190 Heyman v Darwins Ltd [1942] AC 356 Impact Funds Management Pty Ltd v Roy Morgan Research Ltd [2016] VSC 221 Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Ltd (2007) 233 CLR 115; [2007] HCA 61 Shevill v Builders Licensing Board (1982) 149 CLR 620; [1982] HCA 47 Sopov v Kane Constructions Pty Ltd (2007) 20 VR 127; [2007] VSCA 257 South Western Sydney Local Health District v Gould (2018) 97 NSWLR 513; [2018] NSWCA 69 Vardas v Coshott [2017] NSWSC 29 Vaswani v Italian Motors (Sales & Service Ltd) [1996] 1 WLR 270 Category: Principal judgment Parties: OZ International Investment Pty Ltd (First Appellant) Xinliang Yang (Second Appellant) Star Moon Investments Pty Ltd (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: TJ Morahan (Appellants) J Foley (Respondent)