NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 50 NSWLR 404
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Lane v Bushby [2000] NSWSC 1029 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11674/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 April 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 November 2000
Adrian John Lane (1st Plaintiff) Robert Hartley Anderson (2nd Plaintiff) Anthony John Roberts (3rd Plaintiff) PARTIES : Philip Densham White (4th Plaintiff) Benjamin Geoffrey Martin (5th Plaintiff) Mark William Mackrell (6th Plaintiff) Mark Andrew Gray-Spencer (7th Plaintiff) Phillip Andrew Bushby (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Dunford J
LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 6130/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Mr Dive LCM JUDICIAL OFFICER :
COUNSEL : Mr DK Jordan (Plaintiffs/Appellants) Mr AJ Grant (Defendant/Respondent) PD White (Plaintiffs/Appellants) SOLICITORS : Phillip Bushby International (Defendant/Respondent)
CATCHWORDS : PARTNERSHIP - no written partnership agreement - partner negligent but not gross or culpable negligence - whether implied term that defaulting partner indemnify the others - whether other partners entitled to contribution LEGISLATION CITED : Partnership Act 1892, s 24 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946, s 5(1)(c) BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority (NSW) (1982) 149 CLR 337 Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 185 CLR 410 Breen v Williams (1996) 186 CLR 71 CASES CITED : Cragg v Ford (1842) 1 Y & C 280, 62 ER 889 Bury v Allen (1845) 1 Coll 589, 63 ER 556 Thomas v Atherton (1878) 10 Ch D 185 Ford v Miller (unreported - NSWCA - 11 October 1996) Lister v Romford Ice & Cold Storage Ltd [1957] AC 553 McGrath v Fairfield Municipal Council (1985) 156 CLR 672 DECISION : Appeal dismissed.
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