Futuroscop Enterprises Pty Ltd v Qantas Airways Ltd [2024] NSWDC 368

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Futuroscop Enterprises Pty Ltd v Qantas Airways Ltd [2024] NSWDC 368 Hearing dates: 13, 14 February and 27 March 2024 Date of orders: 20 August 2024 Decision date: 20 August 2024 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Andronos SC DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the defendant. (2) Direct the parties to liaise, seek to agree on an order for costs, and notify my Associate of such agreement, by 5pm on 27 August 2024. (3) In the event that the parties have not agreed on an order with respect to costs, the parties are to provide to my associate, by 5pm on 27 August 2024, a range of mutually available dates for a hearing on the question of costs, preferably on a Friday. Catchwords: CONTRACTS — Implied terms — Terms implied in fact CONTRACTS — Construction — Context ESTOPPEL — Estoppel by representation — Detrimental reliance CONSUMER LAW — Misleading or deceptive conduct — Causation or reliance CONSUMER LAW — Misleading or deceptive conduct — Remedies — Damages Legislation Cited: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Sch 2 – Australian Consumer Law, s 4, s 18, s 236, s 237 Cases Cited: Austotel Pty Ltd v Franklins Self-serve Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 582 Brambles Ltd v Wail; Brambles Ltd v Andar Transport Pty Ltd (2002) 5 VR 169; [2002] VSCA 150 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118 Furness v Adrium Industries Pty Ltd [1996] 1 VR 668 Helton v Allen (1940) 63 CLR 691 Legione v Hateley [1983] HCA 11; (1983) 152 CLR 406 Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 104; [2015] HCA 37 Onassis and Calogeropoulos v Vergottis [1968] 2 Lloyd's Rep 403 State Rail Authority (NSW) v Earthline Constructions Pty Ltd (In Liq) [1999] HCA 3 Stowe & Devereaux Holdings Pty Ltd v Stowe (1995) 19 Fam LR 409; (1995) 127 FLR 25 Transport Industries Insurance Co Ltd v Longmuir [1997] 1 VR 125 Watson v Foxman (1995) 49 NSWLR 315 Texts Cited: Patrick A Keane, Estoppel by Conduct and Election (3rd ed, 2023, Sweet & Maxwell) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Futuroscop Enterprises Pty Ltd (plaintiff) Qantas Airways Ltd (defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr A Rizk (plaintiff) Mr D Stanton (defendant)