Jigaroo Holdings Pty Ltd v Garry Ernest Johnston [2024] NSWSC 1539

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jigaroo Holdings Pty Ltd v Garry Ernest Johnston [2024] NSWSC 1539 Hearing dates: 29 November 2024 Date of orders: 3 December 2024 Decision date: 03 December 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Williams J Decision: See orders at [89]. Catchwords: ESTOPPEL – Equitable estoppel –– Conventional estoppel –– Where estoppel claims founded on representations allegedly made by first defendant and assumption allegedly induced by those alleged representations prior to plaintiff and first defendant entering into contracts –– Where proof of at least one of two of those alleged representations is necessary for the plaintiff's estoppel claims to succeed –– Where those alleged representations are inconsistent with the terms of the contracts –– Where the plaintiff's evidence of those alleged representations is unreliable and inherently improbable –– Held that the plaintiff failed to prove either of those two alleged representations –– Estoppel claims dismissed. MISLEADING OR DECEPTIVE CONDUCT –– Where the plaintiff's claim of misleading or deceptive conduct depended on proof of the representations that were essential to its estoppel claims – Where the plaintiff failed to prove those alleged representations –– Misleading or deceptive conduct claims dismissed. Legislation Cited: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) sch 2, ss 18, 30(1)(b) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 136 Cases Cited: Ashton v Pratt (2015) 88 NSWLR 281; [2015] NSWCA 12 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Hellicar (2012) 247 CLR 345; [2012] HCA 17 Fiorenza v Fiorenza [2024] NSWSC 549 Hart v Basha [2024] NSWSC 1441 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; [1959] HCA 8 Kramer v Stone (2023) 112 NSWLR 564; [2023] NSWCA 270 Kuhl v Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd (2011) 243 CLR 361; [2011] HCA 11 Miller Heiman Pty Ltd v Sales Principles Pty Ltd (2017) 94 NSWLR 500; [2017] NSWCA 106 Moratic Pty Ltd v Gordon (2007) 13 BPR 24,713; [2007] NSWSC 5 Nock v Maddern [2018] NSWCA 239 Saleh v Romanous (2010) 79 NSWLR 453; [2010] NSWCA 274 Slade v Brose [2024] NSWCA 197 Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387; [1988] HCA 7 Watson v Foxman (1995) 49 NSWLR 315 Wild v Meduri [2024] NSWCA 230 Wright v Hamilton Island Enterprises Ltd [2003] QCA 36 Texts Cited: N/A Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jigaroo Holdings Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Garry Ernest Johnston (First Defendant) Mac Corp Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms J Jaffray (Plaintiff) Mr H Altan (First Defendant) Ms M Fraser (Second Defendant)