NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : KYRWOOD & ORS. v. DRINKWATER & ORS. [2000] NSWCA 126 revised - 27/04/2007 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40886/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 01/02/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 August 2000
PARTIES : Caddyrack Pty. Limited, Terry Kyrwood, Geoffrey Kyrwood, Caddyrack International Pty. Limited, Gedrot Pty. Limited and Gavros Pty. Limited (Appellants) Peter Westgarth Drinkwater, John Francis Drinkwater, Lustray Pty. Limited, Caddyrack Inc. (Respondents) JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Powell JA at 2; Fitzgerald JA at 163
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Equity Division LOWER COURT ED 3970/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Young J JUDICIAL OFFICER :
R.W. White SC and A McInerney (Appellants other than Caddyrack Pty. Limited and Caddyrack International Pty. Limited (both now in liquidation) COUNSEL : B.A.J. Coles QC and M. Ashhurst (Respondents) Wood Roberts Solicitors (Mayfield) (Appellants other than Caddyrack Pty. Limited and Caddyrack International Pty. Limited) SOLICITORS : Hansens Solicitors (The Junction) (Respondents) CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT - Repudiation and non-performance - Termination - Breach by other party to contract - Right of other party to terminate - Not available if causal relationship between other party's breach and first party's repudiation or if other party's breach itself amounted to repudiation. D Burns Philp Hardware Limited v. Howard Chia Pty. Limited (1987) 8 NSWLR 642 Butt v. McDonald (1896) 7 QLJ 68 Dimond v. Moore (1931) 45 CLR 159 DTR Nominees Pty. Limited v. Mona Homes Pty. Limited (1977-1978) 138 CLR 623 Fitzgerald v. Masters (1956) 95 CLR 420 Foran v. Wight (1989) 168 CLR 385 Hume v. Rundell (1824) 2 Sim & St 174; 47 ER 311 CASES CITED: Laurinda Pty. Limited v. Capalaba Park Shopping Centre Pty. Limited (1988-1989) 166 CLR 623 Lloyd v. Lloyd (1837) 2 My & Cr 192; 40 ER 613 Mackay v. Dick (1886) LR 6 App Cas 251 Nina's Bar Bistro Pty. Limited v. MBE Corporation (Sydney) Pty. Limited [1984] 3 NSWLR 613 Reardon Smith Line v. Hansen Tangen [1976] 1 WLR 989 Roadshow Entertainment Pty. Limited v. CEL/Vision (ACN 053 006 269) Pty. Limited (1997) 42 NSWLR 462 Satellite Estate Pty. Limited v. Jaquet (1968) 71 SR 126 Tramways Advertising Pty. Limited v. Luna Park (NSW) Limited (1938) 38 SR 632 DECISION : (By majority) Appeal dismissed
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