Sky Channel Pty Ltd v Tszyu [2000] NSWSC 838

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sky Channel Pty Ltd v Tszyu [2000] NSWSC 838 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1175/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 03/08/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 August 2000

PARTIES : Sky Channel Pty Limited (Plaintiff/Respondent) Konstantin Tszyu (Defendant/Appellant) JUDGMENT OF : Young J

LOWER COURT Supreme Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 1175/2000 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Master McLaughlin JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : P M Wood (Plaintiff/Respondent) M Aldridge SC and B Morris (Defendant/Appellant) SOLICITORS : Verekers (Plaintiff/Respondent) Benjamin & Khoury (Defendant/Appellant) CATCHWORDS : EQUITY [13]- Contribution- Co-ordinate liabilities- Plaintiff held liable in tort to F- Defendant held liable to F in contract for same amount- F gets judgment against both for same amount on basis that F will only be paid once- Plaintiff pays F- Whether plaintiff can recover contribution from defendant. LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1946 Adamson v Jarvis (1827) 4 Bing 66; 130 ER 693 Albion Insurance Co Ltd v Government Insurance Office of NSW (1969) 121 CLR 342 Armstrong v Commissioner of Stamp Duties (1967) 69 SR (NSW) 38 Blois v Blois (1680) 2 Vent 347; 86 ER 478 BP Petroleum Development Ltd v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd [1987] SLT 345 Caldedonian Railway Co v Colt (1860) 3 MacQueen 833 Dall v The Blue Wren Taxi Co Pty Ltd [1926] VLR 365 Davenport v Commissioner for Railways (1953) 53 SR 552 Dering v Winchelsea (Earl) (1787) 1 Cox Eq 318; 29 ER 1184 Dorgal Holdings Pty Ltd v Buckley (1996) 22 ACSR 164 JF Elkins Construction Co v Naill Bros 76 SW (2d) 326 (1934) Ellesmere Brewery Co v Cooper [1896] 1 QB 75 The Englishman and The Australia [1895] P 212 Re EWA (A Debtor) [1901] 2 KB 642 CASES CITED : Fightvision Pty Ltd v Onisforou (1999) 47 NSWLR 473 Hanave Pty Ltd v Lfot Pty Ltd (1999) 168 ALR 318 Jones v Mortgage Acceptance Nominees Ltd (1996) 63 FCR 418 McConnell v Lynch-Robinson [1957] NI 70 McLaren Maycroft & Co v Fletcher Development Co Ltd [1973] 2 NZLR 100 Merryweather v Nixan (1799) 8 Tr 186; 101 ER 1337 Palmer v Wick & Pulteneytown Steam Shipping Co Ltd [1894] AC 318 Philips v Biggs (1659) Hardres 164; 145 ER 433 Spika Trading Pty Ltd v Harrison (1990) 10 NSWLR 211 Staples v Baker [1999] 1 Qd R 317 Street v Retravision (NSW) Pty Ltd (1995) 56 FCR 588 Thompson v Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 574 Trade Practices Commission v Manfal Pty Ltd (No 3) (in liq) (1991) 33 FCR 382 Windsor SC v Enoggera Divisional Board [1902] St R Qd 23 Wolmerhausen v Gullick [1893] 2 Ch 514 DECISION : Appeal dismissed.