Gase v Hardy [2000] NSWIRComm 125

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales in Court Session

CITATION : Gase v Hardy [2000] NSWIRComm 125 APPLICANT: PARTIES : Judith Mari Gase RESPONDENT: Ian Cedric Hardy FILE NUMBER: IRC 1031 of 2000 CORAM: Boland J CATCHWORDS : Unfair contract - partnership arrangement - breeding of alpacas - partnership borrowings from bank - security for bank loan was property owned by applicant - personal relationship between partners broke down - partnership business became unviable - debt owed to bank - bank sought to enforce mortgage over applicant's property - applicant sought to use net proceeds from sale of partnership assets to reduce bank debt - respondent claimed partnership arrangement required equal capital contribution - cross claim - arrangement found to be unfair - orders varying partnership arrangement to compel partners to use proceeds of sale of partnership assets to reduce partnership debts - respondent ordered to pay one half of the balance of debt after payment of proceeds of sale of partnership assets. Industrial Relations Act 1996 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Relations Act 1991 (Repealed) Property (Relationships) Act 1984 Farm Debt Mediation Act 1994 A M Thompson Pty Ltd v Total Australia Limited (1980) 2 NSWLR 1 Barry v Incitec (1991) 45 IR 143 Beahan v Bush Boake Allen (1999) 93 IR 1 Brown v Rezitis (1970) 127 CLR 157 Davies v General Transport Development Pty Ltd [1967] AR (NSW) 371 CASES CITED : Incitec v Barry (1992) 45 IR 48 Incitec v Industrial Court of New South Wales (1992) 45 IR 155 McNaught v Micador (1996) 83 IR 111 Nordby v Barclays (1993) 53 IR 319 Port Macquarie Golf Club Ltd v Stead (1996) 64 IR 53 Stevenson v Barham (1977) 136 CLR 190 HEARING DATES: 06/13/2000; 06/16/2000; 07/04/2000; 07/05/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 08/02/2000