Player & Ors v Isenberg & Ors [2002] NSWCA 186

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Player & Ors v Isenberg & Ors [2002] NSWCA 186 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40621/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 16 May 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 June 2002

Graeme Phillip Player - First Appellant Grant Edward Spedding - Second Appellant PARTIES : David John Catts - Third Appellant Norman Saul Isenberg - First Respondent Nan's Enterprises Pty Ltd - Second Respondent Borlob Pty Ltd (as trustee for the Borlob Property Trust and the Borlob Unit Trust) - Third Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Beazley JA at 1; Giles JA at 63; Ipp AJA at 64

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : District Court LOWER COURT 7414/99 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Garling DCJ JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : P Biscoe QC & C A Moore - First, Second and Third Appellants M Macrossan - First and Second Respondents SOLICITORS : The Law Partnership - First, Second and Third Appellants Macquarie Legal Practice - Respondents CATCHWORDS : Partnership - agency - contract - parties to the contract - property and price - consideration - intention to create immediately binding contract. LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Law (C'th); Partnership Act 1892 (NSW). Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games Ltd (1988) 18 NSWLR 540; BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Hastings Shire Council (1977) 180 CLR 266; Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd [1915] AC 847; Elgas Ltd v AJ Young Industries Pty Ltd (1986) 4 BPR 9329; Film Bars Pty Ltd v Pacific Film Laboratories Pty Ltd (1979) 1 BPR 9251; Geebung Investments v Varga Group Investments (No 8) Pty Ltd (1995) 7 BPR 14,551; CASES CITED: GR Securities Pty Ltd v Baulkham Hills Private Hospital Pty Ltd (1986) 40 NSWLR 631; G Scammell & Nephew Ltd v H C & J G Ouston [1941] AC 251; Poliwka v Heven Holdings Pty Ltd (No 2) (1992) 8 ACSR 747; Secured Income Real Estate (Australia) Ltd v St Martins Investments Pty Ltd (1979) 144 CLR 596; Shirlaw v Southern Foundaries (1926) Ltd [1939] 2 KB 206; Sinclair, Scott & Co Ltd v Naughton (1929) 43 CLR 310; Trident General Insurance Co Ltd v NcNiece Bros Pty Ltd (1988) 165 CLR 107; TS Seppelt & Sons Ltd v Commissioner for Main Roads (1975) 1 BPR 9147. DECISION : (i) Appeal allowed; (ii) Orders of the trial judge be set aside; (iii) Verdict for the appellants and the third respondent; (iv) Judgment accordingly; (v) The first and second respondents to pay the appellants' costs of the trial and of the appeal, but to have a certificate under the Suitors' Fund Act 1951 (NSW), if so entitled.