NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2003) ATPR (Digest) 46-242 (2004) Aust Contract Reports 90-181
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : Overmyer Industrial Brokers Pty Ltd v Campbells Cash & Carry Pty Ltd [2003] NSWCA 305 HEARING DATE(S) : 14/08/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 October 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Meagher JA at 1; Beazley JA at 2; Young CJ in Eq at 3 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : TRADE PRACTICES- Equity- Estate Agent's commission- Alleged promise by vendor not to take advantage of statute- How far estoppel in face of a statute- How far equity will permit statute to be used as a cloak for fraud- Equitable jurisdiction of District Court examined. District Court Act 1973, ss 46, 134, 135 LEGISLATION CITED : Property Stock & Business Agents Act 1941, s 42AA Trade Practices Act 1974 (Comm) s 52 Barilla v James (1964) 81 WN (NSW) (Pt 1) 457 Brownbill v Kenworth Truck Sales (NSW) Pty Ltd (1982) 59 FLR 56; 39 ALR 191 Dearman v Dearman (1908) 7 CLR 549 Hinkley v Shaw (1991) NSW Conv R 55-583 Investmentsource Corp Pty Ltd v Knox Street Apartments Pty Ltd (2002) 56 NSWLR 27 ISPT Nominees Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue [2003] NSWSC 697 Kok Hoong v Leong Cheong Kweng Mines Ltd [1964] AC 993 Kritzer v Moffat 240 P 355; 44 Am LR 681 (Wash) (1925) Last v Rosenfeld [1972] 2 NSWLR 923 CASES CITED : Lindsay v Lynch (1804) 2 Sch & Lef 1 McBride v Sandland (1918) 25 CLR 69 McCormick v Grogan (1869) LR 4 HL 82 Multo Pty Ltd v Craddock (Bryson J - 11.3.1988) Pickin v British Railways Board [1974] AC 765 Re Snowden [1979] Ch 528 Shah v Shah [2002] QB 35 Silovi Pty Ltd v Barbaro (1988) 13 NSWLR 466 Terry Pfeiffer Real Estate Pty Ltd v Connors [2000] NSWSC 452 Wood v Midgley (1854) 5 De GM & G 41; 43 ER 784 Yaxley v Gotts [2000] Ch 162 PARTIES : Overmyer Industrial Brokers Pty Limited (Appellant) Campbells Cash & Carry Pty Limited (Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40767/02 COUNSEL : S G Finch SC and D B Studdy (Appellant) J E Armfield (Respondent) SOLICITORS : Thorntons Lawyers (Appellant) Murrays Lawyers (Respondent)
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