Gangemi Holdings Pty Ltd v Salter & Ors [1999] NSWSC 1004

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Gangemi Holdings Pty Ltd v Salter & Ors [1999] NSWSC 1004 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : 10771/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 September 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 October 1999

Gangemi Holdings Pty Limited (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Maxwell John Salter (1st Defendant) Jennifer Susan Salter (2nd Defendant) Charles Delahunt Davison (3rd Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Studdert J

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Local Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 96/96 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Mr A. O'Donohue

W.J.L. Berry (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : J.A. Trebeck (1st and 2nd Defendants) M.M. Macrossan (3rd Defendant) Collins Cornock & Co. (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Garden & Montgomerie (1st and 2nd Defendants) Campbell Paton &Taylor (3rd Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Appeal from Local Court; liability of principal for agreement made by agent; whether finding of actual authority available on evidence; whether findings of magistrate involved error of law; Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act, s 69(2). ACTS CITED : Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act Australian Gas Light Company v The Valuer General (1940) 40 SR 126 Poricanin v Australian Consolidated Industries (1979) 2 NSWLR 419 CASES CITED : Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Limited (1985) 4 NSWLR 137 Haines v Leves (1987) 8 NSWLR 442 The Council of the Upper Hunter County District v Australian Chilling and Freezing Co. Limited (1967) 118 CLR 429 Meehan v Jones (1982) 149 CLR 571 DECISION : See para 80