AMCOR LIMITED t/as AUSTRALIAN PAPER MANUFACTURERS v WATSON & ANOR [2000] NSWCA 21

Reported Decision : [2000] Aust Contract R 90-110

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : AMCOR LIMITED t/as AUSTRALIAN PAPER MANUFACTURERS v WATSON & ANOR [2000] NSWCA 21 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40209/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 February 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 3 March 2000

Amcor Limited t/as Australian Paper Manufacturers - Appellant PARTIES : Janine Watson - First Respondent Paper Industry Engineers Pty Limited - Second Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Sheller JA at 2; Heydon JA at 44

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Common Law Division LOWER COURT 12708/91 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Hulme J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

D B McGovern - Appellant COUNSEL : J M Ireland QC - First Respondent J A McIntyre SC - Second Respondent Phillips Fox - Appellant SOLICITORS : Masons - First Respondent Vandervords - Second Respondent CATCHWORDS : Contracts - Contracts Review Act 1980 - 'Unjust' contract - Unjust consequence or result - Relevant considerations - Agreement to compromise litigation - Inequality of bargaining power - Inability to protect own interests by reason of mental incapacity - Blameless conduct of party against whom relief sought LEGISLATION CITED : Compensation to Relatives Act 1897 Contracts Review Act 1980 Baltic Shipping Company v Dillon; 'Mikhail Lermontov' (1991) 22 NSWLR 1 Baltic Shipping Company v Dillon (1993) 176 CLR 344 CASES CITED: Gibbons v Wright (1954) 91 CLR 423 Harvey v Phillips (1956) 95 CLR 235 Lewis v Combell Constructions Pty Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 528 West v AGC (Advances) Ltd (1986) 5 NSWLR 610 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs