NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2000) 35 ACSR 294
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Scott v Forster Pastoral Co Pty Ltd & Ors [2000] NSWCA 241 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41017/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 25 August 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 31 August 2000
PARTIES : Walter Robert Scott - Appellant Forster Pastoral Co Pty Ltd & Ors - Respondents JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Giles JA at 2; Foster AJA at 43
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 2/97 (Taree) FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Delaney DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : T L Thomas - Appellant G A Rich - Respondent SOLICITORS : Appellant in person (City Agent: Spencer Steer & Associates) Barraclough Jones & Associates, Taree CATCHWORDS : GUARANTEE - discharge - expressed to be in consideration of creditor voting in favour of resolutions - creditor voted against resolutions - guarantor not obliged to pay - no question of effect on guarantor's interests or of election by guarantor. D Cooper v Joel (1859) 1 De G F & J 240; 45 ER 350; Burton v Gray (1873) LR 8 Ch App 932; Royal Bank of Canada v Salvatori (1928) 3 WWR 501; Cornell v Bradford (1929) QWN 45; National Bank of Nigeria Ltd v Awolesi (1964) 1 WLR 1311; Thew v Clarke & Walker Pty Ltd (1967) 2 NSWR 268; CASES CITED: Clarke & Walker Pty Ltd v Thew (1967) 116 CLR 465; Molsons Bank v Cranston (1981) 45 DLR 316; Marston v Charles H Griffith & Co Ltd (1985) 3 NSWLR 294; James Graham & Co (Timber) Ltd v Southgate-Sands (1986) 1 QB 30; Ankar Pty Ltd v National Westminster Finance (Australia) Ltd (1987) 162 CLR 549; Bleyer v Neville Jeffriess Advertising Pty Ltd (CA, 15 December 1987, unreported); Mostyn v Mostyn (1989) 16 NSWLR 635; Tricontinental Corporation Ltd v HDFI Ltd (1990) 21 NSWLR 689. DECISION : The appeal is upheld, the verdict and judgment for the respondents and the order for costs below is set aside, and in lieu thereof there is a verdict and judgment for the appellant and an order that the respondents pay the costs of the proceedings in the District Court. The respondents to pay the costs of the appeal but have a certificate under the Suitors Fund Act if qualified.
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