Amaca Pty Ltd formerly known as James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd v CSR Ltd [2001] NSWSC 285

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Amaca Pty Ltd formerly known as James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd v CSR Ltd [2001] NSWSC 285 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division Commercial List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50053/1999 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 April 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 April 2001

PARTIES : Amaca Pty Ltd formerly known as James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) CSR Ltd (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Bergin J

COUNSEL : CG Gee QC/TGR Parker (Plaintiff) PW Taylor SC/JE Fernon (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Allen Allen & Hemsley (Plaintiff) Toomey Pegg Drevikovsky (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Admissibility of post-contract communications in relation to (a) a claim in equity and an estoppel defence, and (b) in aid of the construction of a clause in a Deed. LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (NSW) Partnership Act 1892 (NSW) Administration of the Territory of Papua New Guinea v Daera Guba (1973) 130 CLR 353 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games Ltd (1988) 18 NSWLR 540 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW (1982) 149 CLR 337 FAI Traders Insurance Co Ltd v Savoy Plaza Pty Ltd (1993) 2 VR 343 CASES CITED : Hide & Skin Trading Pty Ltd v Oceanic Meat Traders Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 310 Re Homfray Carpets Australia Pty Ltd v Hycraft Carpets Pty Ltd (1996) 14 ACLC 555 Sasson v Fahevu [1999] NSWCA 400, unreported, 28 October 1999, Sheller JA, Beazley & Fitzgerald JJA Sportsvision Australia Pty Ltd v Tallglen Pty Ltd (1998) 44 NSWLR 103 Spunwill Pty Ltd v Bab Pty Ltd (1994) 36 NSWLR 290 White v Australian & New Zealand Theatres Ltd (1943) 67 CLR 266 DECISION : Evidence admitted in (a) and rejected in (b).