KCPC Pty Ltd v Ivamar Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 322

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: KCPC Pty Ltd v Ivamar Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 322 Hearing dates: 5 – 8 December 2022, 31 March 2023 Date of orders: 27 March 2024 Decision date: 27 March 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walton J Decision: (1) The plaintiffs shall file and serve Short Minutes of Order reflecting this judgment within 14 days of the date of publication of this judgment including the calculation of damages or compensation but excluding interest and costs. (2) In the event that the defendants dispute the draft orders filed and served pursuant to order (1) they shall file and serve of Short Minutes of Order specifying the variation to those orders sought within 7 days of the receipt of the plaintiffs' Short Minutes of Order. (3) The plaintiffs shall file and serve draft orders as to interest and costs, separate and additional to the Short Minutes of Order pursuant to Orders (1) and (2) above, submissions in support of the same (not exceeding 5 pages in length, unless by leave of the Court) and any evidence with respect to interest or costs within 7 days of the receipt of draft orders pursuant to Order (2). (4) The defendants shall file and serve draft orders as to interest and costs together with submissions (not exceeding 5 pages in length, unless by leave of the Court) and any evidence in response to the plaintiffs' draft orders, submissions and evidence filed and served pursuant to order (3) within 7 days of the receipt of the draft orders pursuant to Order (3). (5) The Court shall resolve any disputes arising as to the form of orders, interests or costs on the papers, unless any party seeks an oral hearing with respect to the same. Catchwords: CONTRACTS – breach of contract – breach of lease – breach of agreement – maintain herd profile – whether there is a shortfall of cattle – onus of proof – Briginshaw principles - probability of a shortfall CONTRACTS – construction of a contract – falsa demonstratio non nocet – rectification – error – absurdity – objective intention CONTRACTS – formation of a contract – offer and acceptance – failure to unequivocally accept CONSUMER LAW – s 18 of Australian Consumer Law – misleading or deceptive conduct – reliance on representation – loss suffered from sale of cattle - whether relived of obligations otherwise under contract – damages Legislation Cited: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: AKAS Jamal v Moolla Dawood Sons & Co [1916] 1 A.C. 175; [1915] 11 WLUK 10 All Options Pty Ltd v Flightdeck Geelong Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 588 Altius Pty Ltd v Abignao nominees Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 177 Australia Bank Ltd v Clowes (2013) 8 BFRA 600; [2013] NSWCA 179 Bale v Mills (2011) 81 NSWLR 498; [2011] NSWCA 226 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336; [1938] HCA 34 Campbell Mostyn (Provisions) Ltd v Barnett Trading Co [1954] 1 Lloyd's Rep 65 Concrete Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd v Nelson (1990) 169 CLR 594; [1990] HCA 11 Director General of Department of Community Services; Re Sophie [2008] NSWCA 250 Egan v Egan [2018] NSWSC 202 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640; [2014] HCA 7 G v H (1994) 181 CLR 387; [1994] HCA 48 Golden Strait Corporation v Nippon Yusen Kubishika Kaisha [2007] 2 AC 353 Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd v Quinn (1910) 10 CLR 674; [1910] HCA 20 Hammoud Brothers P /L v. Insurance Australia Ltd [2004] NSWCA 366 Isles & Nelissen (2021) 65 Fam LR 1; [2021] FedCFamC1F 295 Jagatramka v Wollongong Coal Ltd [2021] NSWCA 61 K v The Queen (1997) 22 Fam LR 592 Kizbeau Pty Limited v WG & B Pty Ltd (1995) 184 CLR 281; [1995] HCA 4 Kuhl v Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd (2011) 243 CLR 361; [2011] HCA 11 M v M (1988) 166 CLR 69; [1988] HCA 68 Mainteck Services Pty Ltd v Stein Heurtey SA (2014) 89 NSWLR 633; [2014] NSWCA 184 McCormick v Riverwood International (Australia) Pty Ltd (1999) 167 ALR 689; [1999] FCA 1640 Morley v ASIC (2010) 247 flr 140; [2010] NSWCA 331 Neat Holdings Pty Limited v Karajan Holdings Pty Limited (1992) 67 ALJR 170; [1992] HCA 66 New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [2015] NSWSC 176 New South Wales v Hathaway [2010] NSWCA 184 Nobile v National Australia Bank Ltd [1987] ATPR 40-787; [1987] SC 55-580 Qantas Airways Limited v Gama (2008) 167 FCR 537; [2008] FCAFC 69 Ryan v Wright [2004] NSWSC 749 Seymour Whyte Constructions Pty Ltd v Ostwald Bros Pty Ltd (in liq) (2019) 99 NSWLR 317; [2019] NSWCA 11 Vieira v O'Shea [2012] NSWCA 21 Weissensteiner v The Queen (1993) 178 CLR 217; [1993] HCA 65 Wilson v Wilson (1854) 5 HL Cas 40; (1854) 10 ER 811 Texts Cited: Stephen Odgers, Uniform Evidence Law, 12th Ed, Thomson Reuters) Justice Dyson Heydon AC, Cross on Evidence (12th ed, 2019, LexisNexis) Category: Principal judgment Parties: KCPC Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff) Khatambuhl Somerset Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff) Silknote Pty Ltd (Third Plaintiff) Patricia Anne Wallace (Fourth Plaintiff) Ivamar Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Mark Ivan Burke (Second Defendant) Ivan Burke (Third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Connolly (Plaintiff) P Bolster (Defendant)