NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : [2001] 17 BCL 183
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Goldspar Australia Pty Ltd v Council of the City of Sydney [2000] NSWSC 685 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 55025/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 26, 27, 28 & 29 June 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 July 2000
PARTIES : Goldspar Australia Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Council of the City of Sydney (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J
COUNSEL : S. Walmsley SC, I. Young (Plaintiff) G. Inatey SC, M. Condon (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Greg Judd & Associates (Plaintff) Pricewaterhousecoopers Legal (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Contract - Contract for expert determination - Principles governing intervention of Court in determination of expert - Need to establish a mistake amounting to a breach of contract - No relevant mistake established. - Evidence - Circumstantial evidence - Evidence from which inference may be drawn - Distinction between inferences and hypotheses. Bradshaw v McEwans Pty Ltd (27 April 1951 ex parte Hebburn Ltd; Kearsley Shire Council (1947) 47 SR (NSW) 416 G & L Woolnough Pty Ltd v Stewart (unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Einstein J, 11 December 1998 CASES CITED : Holloway v McFeeters (1956) 94 CLR 470 Holt v Cox (1997) 23 ACSR 590 Legal & General Life of Australia Ltd v A. Hudson Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 314 WMC Resources Limited v Leighton Contractors Pty. Limited [1999] W.A.S.C.A. 10 DECISION : The Plaintiff's claim is dismissed
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION - CONSTRUCTION LIST
EINSTEIN J
Tuesday 18 July 2000
55025/99 - GOLDSPAR AUSTRALIA PTY LTD V THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY
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