PAUL ANDREW CRONK and ORS. v THE SUNNYFIELD ASSOCIATION T/AS ABLITE INDUSTRIES [1999] NSWSC 1038

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : PAUL ANDREW CRONK and ORS. v THE SUNNYFIELD ASSOCIATION T/AS ABLITE INDUSTRIES [1999] NSWSC 1038 CURRENT JURISDICTION : EQUITY FILE NUMBER(S) : 3402/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 1,2,3 March, 21,22,23 April 1999 Final Written Submissions 10 May 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 October 1999

PARTIES : PAUL ANDREW CRONK and ORS. v THE SUNNYFIELD ASSOCIATION T/AS ABLITE INDUSTRIES JUDGMENT OF : Simos J

COUNSEL : A. Radojev (Plaintiffs/Cross-Defendants) H.K. Insall (Defendant/Cross-Claimant) SOLICITORS : John N. Merity (Plaintiffs/Cross-Defendants) Norton Smith & Co. (Defendant/Cross-Claimant) CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT - Contract As To Manufacture and Distribution of Product Came Into Existence - Contract Not Void for Uncertainty; TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974 - Defendant Not Guilty of Misleading Conduct - Plaintiffs Did Not Rely Upon and Were Not Misled by Defendant; TORT - Wrongfully Inducing Breach of Contract - Plaintiffs and Third Party (Cross-Defendant) Guilty of Wrongfully Inducing Breach of Contract - Injunctions Restraining Plaintiffs and Third Party (Cross-Defendant) from Acting Pursuant To or In Furtherance of Contract Entered Into In Course of Wrongful Conduct Allstate Life Insurance Co. v ANZ Banking Group Ltd. (1995) 58 FCR 26 Codelfa Construction Pty. Ltd. v State Rail Authority (1981-82) 149 CLR 337 Emory University v Biochem Pharma Inc. (1998) 157 ALR 371 Hammond v Lam Ltd. (1972) 2 NSWLR 16 CASES CITED : Independent Oil Industries Ltd. v The Shell Co. of Australia Ltd. (1937) 37 SR(NSW) 407 Saunders v Snell (1998) 72 ALJR 1508 Uprising Dragon Ltd. v Benedict Trading & Shipping Pty. Ltd. (1987) 16 FCR 93 Vitamins Australia Ltd. v Beta-Carotene Industries Pty. Ltd. (1987) 9 IPR 41 Woolley v Dunford (1972) 3 SASR 243 DECISION : Statement of Claim Dismissed - Defendant (Cross-Claimant) Entitled to Injunctions and Damages.