NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2002) Aust Contract Reports 90-154
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Shoreham Park Pty Limited v John Foote Bloodstock Pty Limited & Anor [2002] NSWSC 778 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50058/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 26/08/02, 27/08/02, 28/08/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 August 2002
Shoreham Park Pty Limited (Plaintiff) PARTIES : John Bloodstock Pty Limited (1st Defendant) Emily Krystna Pty Limited (2nd Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J
COUNSEL : Mr F Douglas QC, Mr D Kell (Plaintiff) Mr A Sullivan QC, Mr D Villa (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Hemphill & Co (Plaintiff) Moray & Agnew (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Contract - Construction - Condition precedent versus condition subsequent - Auction - Australian Easter Yearling Sales - Valuable colt - Sale 'under the hammer' to defendant bloodstock agent - Post auction colt proved to be a 'wobbler' - Construction of Conditions of Sale providing that sale deemed to be cancelled if lot shall prove to be a wobbler within seven days of sale - Meaning of 'sale' - Meaning of 'prove to be' - Additional x-ray condition - Construction of provision requiring certificate from veterinary surgeon nominated by auctioneer certifying to condition AGC (Advances) Ltd v McWhirter (1977) 1 BPR 9454 Alghussein Establishment v Eton College [1988] 1 WLR 587 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games Ltd (1988) 18 NSWLR 540 BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Hastings Shire Council (1977) 52 ALJR 20 Gilmore v Smith (unreported, 26 March 2002, High Court of New Zealand) Gissing v Gissing [1971] AC 886 CASES CITED : Khoury v Government Insurance Office (NSW) (1984) 165 CLR 622 Lakatoi Universal Pty Ltd v Walker [2000] NSWSC 113 Perri v Coolangatta Investments Pty Ltd (1982) 149 CLR 537 Prenn v Simmonds [1971] 1 WLR 1381 Sargent v ASL Developments Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 634 Utico City National Bank v Gunn (1918) 118 NE 607 Wilson v Anderson [2002] HCA 29 DECISION : Plaintiff vendor of colt entitled to judgment as unpaid vendor
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