Brown v Baskin Rooney [2001] NSWSC 156

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Brown v Baskin Rooney [2001] NSWSC 156 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 11803 of 2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 13/11/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 16 March 2001

PARTIES : Charlotte Anne Brown (Appellant) Baskin Rooney & Co. Pty Limited T/AS Baskin Rooney & Co.(Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Carruthers AJ at 1

LOWER COURT Local Court JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 11648/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Hugh Dillon LCM JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : A. McInerney (Appellant) G. Segal (Respondent) Charles G. Roth & Co (Appellant) SOLICITORS : Carneys Lawyers (Respondent)

CATCHWORDS : Contract - Appeal from Local Court on a question of law - Claim by Chartered Accountants for outstanding professional fees - Whether any evidence to support a finding that the fees were fair and reasonable - Whether parties entered into an agreement to vary the original contract - Alternatively, whether there was a voluntary forbearance by the plaintiff. Justices Act 1902 LEGISLATION CITED : Justices Legislation Amendment (Appeals) Act 1998 Local Courts (Civil Claims) Act 1970 Anderson Stuart v Treleavan [2000] NSWSC 283 Bessler Waechter Glover v South Derwent Coal (1938) 1 KB 408 Canvas Graphics v Kodak (Australasia) [1998] 23 FCA Carr v Neil [1999] NSWSC 1263 CASES CITED : Electronic Industries v David Jones (1954) 54 SR 102 Gray v Lang (1956) 56 SR 7 Hickman v Haynes (1875) LR 10 CP 598 Payne v Wilson (1827) 108 ER 781 Short v Murchison Services (Unreported, NSWSC 14662/96, 13 August 1997) Tristan Head v Credit Corp [2000] NSWSC 488 DECISION : See Paragraph 53