Hardinge & 1 Ors v Schidor & 1 Ors [2002] NSWCA 277

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Hardinge & 1 Ors v Schidor & 1 Ors [2002] NSWCA 277 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40167/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 4 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 August 2002

Biron Hardinge (also known as Bill Hardinge) (First Appellant) PARTIES : Radio Masts (Aust) Pty Ltd (ACN 006 113 926) (Second Appellant) Gert Schidor (First Respondent) Gert Schidor Design Pty Limited (ACN 003 082 217) (Second Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Powell JA at 6; Santow JA at 38

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 4512/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Goldring DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : M W Young (Appellants) M R Aldridge, SC/C Whitelaw (Respondents) SOLICITORS : Tsolakis Solicitors (Appellants) Dominic David Stamfords (Respondents) CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - District Court Rules - application for removal of a defendant from District Court proceedings as not a party to agreement that is the basis of the dispute - CONTRACT - construction and interpretation of contract - principal and agent - CONTRACT - construction and interpretation - ambiguity - admission of extrinsic evidence - parole evidence rule - CORPORATIONS - contracts - agency - joint and several liability District Court Act 1973 (NSW) is Pt 9 r17; s161(2)(i) LEGISLATION CITED : District Court Rules Pt 7 r9; Pt 11A r3 Supreme Court Rules Pt 8 r9 Brimson v Rocla Concrete Pipes Pty. Limited [1982] 2 NSWLR 937 Carberry v Gardiner (1936) 36 SR 559 Danziger v Thompson [1944] 1 KB 654 Re Dayrell; Hastie v. Dayrell [1904] 2 Ch 496 Dey v Victorian Railway Commissioners (1948) 78 CLR 62 Fred. Drughorn, Limited v Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantic [1919] AC 203 CASES CITED: MYT Engineering Pty. Limited v Mulcon Pty. Ltd. [1999] HCA 24; 195 CLR 636; 75 ALJR 823; 162 ALR 441 Perpetual Trustee Co (Ltd) v Bligh (1940) 41 SR 33 Peter Kent Developments Pty Limited v ANZ Bank (SCNSW David Hunt J, 6 May 1980, unreported) Re Redfern: Redfern v. Bryning (1877) LR 6 Ch D 133 Richardson v Landecker (1950) 50 SR 250 The Swan [1968] 1 Lloyds Reports 5 Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) v. Monsen [1978] 1 NSWLR 574 Winstonu Pty. Ltd. v. Pitson [2001] FCA 541 DECISION : 1. Appeal dismissed with costs; 2. That Gert Schidor cease to be a party to District Court proceedings 4512 of 2000; thus varying the orders of Goldring DCJ made 23 February 2001.