Orbit Travel Services & Ors v The Australian Federation of Travel Agents & Anor [2000] NSWSC 127

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Orbit Travel Services & Ors v The Australian Federation of Travel Agents & Anor [2000] NSWSC 127 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20301/1999 HEARING DATE(S) : 2 March 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 March 2000

Orbit Travel Services Pty Limited (First Plaintiff) Bassilios Abdul-Karim (Second Plaintiff) PARTIES : Katia Abdul-Karim (Third Plaintiff) v The Australian Federation of Travel Agents limited (First Defendant) Travel Compensation Fund (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Malpass

Mr B Coles QC/Mr M Abdul-Karim (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : N/A (First Defendant) Mr N Francey (Second Defendant) SOLICITORS : David Cass (Plaintiffs) No appearance (First Defendant) Minter Ellison (Second Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Summary Dismissal Anshun estoppel exercise of discretionary power. LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974, s 53. Travel Agents Act 1986, s 40. Ling v Commonwealth of Australia (1996) 139 ALR 159. Macquarie Bank Limited v National Mutual Life Assurance of Australia Limited and Others (1996) 40 NSWLR 543. Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Limited (1981) 147 CLR 589. CASES CITED : Stehar Knitting Mills Pty Ltd v Southern Textile Converters Pty Ltd (1980) 2 NSWLR 514. Tanning Research Laboratories Inc v O'Brien (1990)169 CLR 332. Yah Tung InvestmentCo Ltd v Dao Heng Bank Ltd (1975) AC 581. DECISION : See paragraph 16.