CHARTSPIKE v CHAHOUD [2000] NSWSC 625

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : CHARTSPIKE v CHAHOUD [2000] NSWSC 625 revised - 27/10/2000 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20371/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 26/06/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 August 2000

PARTIES : CHARTSPIKE PTY LTD (IN LIQ) & 3 ORS v MICHAEL CHAHOUD JUDGMENT OF : Master Macready at 1

COUNSEL : Mr J.T. Svehla for plaintiff Mr J.C. Kelly SC with G. Curtin for defendant SOLICITORS : Baker & McKenzie for plaintiff Colin Biggers & Paisley for defendant CATCHWORDS : Contracts - Principal and Agent. Proceedings commenced on behalf of a company without authority. First Liquidator declines to ratify solicitor's actions. Second Liquidator adopts proceedings by filing and amended statement of claim. Held solicitor's actions ratified by second Liquidator. - Practice - Application to dismiss proceedings based on Limitations Act defences. Held appropriate in part. - Corporations Law - Whether s 1322(4)(d) of Corportions Law impliedly repeals s 14(1) of the Limitation Act. Held point premature at this stage. CASES CITED : Danish Mercantile Co Ltd v Beaumont (1951) 1 Ch 680; Omega Estates Pty Ltd v Ganke (1962) 80 WN (NSW) 1218; Halsbury's Laws of England 4th edition volume 44 paras 114 and 115; Bank of Australia Ltd v Rudder (1911) 13 CLR 152; Australian Blue Metal Ltd v Hughes (1962) 79 WN (NSW) 498; Bowstead and Reynolds on Agency; Sargent v ASL Developments Limited (1974) 131 CLR 634; David Grant & Co Pty Ltd (Receiver Appointed) v Westpac Banking Corporation & Ors (1995) 184 CLR 265 at 275; Wardley Australia Ltd v The State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514. DECISION : Paras 50 and 51

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION