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New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Quach v Huntof Pty Limited [2000] NSWSC 932 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 12528/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 3 April 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 October 2000
Kien Nam Quach (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Huntof Pty Limited (First Defendant) Andrew Weston (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Dunford J
LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 160875/97 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Mrs G Madgwick LCM JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : A Ogborne (Plaintiff) C Birch SC (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Thorneycroft Appleton (Plaintiff) Robertson Saxton Primrose Dunn (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS - maintenance and champerty - hire of motor vehicles - champertous agreement - no defence to action by motorist against negligent driver of other vehicle involved in accident LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Act 1902, Part 5 Local Court (Civil Claims) Rules 1988, Pt 8 r 3 Re Tosich Constructions Pty Limited (1997) 143 ALR 18 Giles v Thompson [1993] 3 All ER 321 Martell v Consett Iron Co Limited [1955] Ch 363 Stevens v Keogh (1946) 72 CLR 1 Trendtex Trading Corporation v Credit Suisse [1982] AC 679 CASES CITED : Elborough v Ayres (1870) LR 10 Eq 367 Skelton v Baxter [1916] 2 KB 321 Wild v Simpson [1919] 2 KB 544 Kroeker v Harkema Express Lines Limited (1973) 42 DLR (3D) 350 Magic Menu Systems v AFA Facilitation Ltd (1997) 72 FCR 261 Roux v Australian Broadcating Commission [1992] 2 VR 577 Re William Felton Co Pty Ltd (1998) 28 ACSR 228 DECISION : Refer to para 30
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