Naumoski v Parbery [2002] NSWSC 1097

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Naumoski v Parbery [2002] NSWSC 1097 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division Corporations List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1788/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 23, 24 October 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 November 2002

Rade Naumoski (P) PARTIES : Stephen James Parbery (D1) The Credit Connection Pty Ltd (In liq) (D2) NCR Australia Pty Ltd (D3) JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq

D A Smallbone (P) COUNSEL : B A Coles QC and A P Coleman (D1 & 2) C R C Newlinds and P T Newton (D3) Gordon & Johnstone (P) SOLICITORS : Clayton Utz (D1 & 2) Heidtman & Co (D3) CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS [90]- Illegality- By statute- Unlicensed debt collector- Consequences. CORPORATIONS [257]- Liquidator- Commercial decision to settle litigation- Bounds of challenge. DAMAGES [16]- Contract- Plaintiff if it had to sue client would fail for illegality- Whether any damage flows from denial of chance to do the work. LEGISLATION CITED : Commercial Agents & Private Enquiry Agents Act 1963, ss 6, 26 Corporations Act 2001, ss 477(6), 536, 1321, 1324 Aliprandi v Griffith Vintners Pty Ltd (1991) 6 ACSR 250 Bayswood Pty Ltd (1981) 6 ACLR 107 Ex parte Sidebotham (1880) 14 Ch D 458 Fitzgerald v F J Leonhardt Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 215 In re Norske Lloyd Insurance Co Ltd [1928] WN (Eng) 99 Leon v York-O-Matic Ltd [1966] 1 WLR 1450; [1966] 3 All ER 277 Lindsay v Mahoney (1979) 1 BPR 9584 Mahoney v Lindsay (1980) 55 ALJR 118 Manubens v Leon [1919] 1 KB 208 Mendonca v South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club Ltd (NSWCA 11.9.1996) Nelson v Nelson (1995) 184 CLR 538 CASES CITED : Northbourne Developments Pty Ltd v Reiby Chambers Pty Ltd (1989) 1 ACSR 79 Re A Debtor [1949] Ch 236 Re Edennote Ltd [1996] 2 BCLC 389 Re Mineral Securities Australia Ltd [1973] 2 NSWLR 207 Re Peters; Ex parte Lloyd (1882) 47 LT 64 Re The Central Darjeeling Tea Co Ltd (1886) 15 LT 234 Sutton v Zullo Enterprises Pty Ltd [2000] 2 Qd R 196 TCN Channel 9 Pty Ltd v Hayden Enterprises Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 130 The Mihalis Angelos [1971] 1 QB 164 UTSA Pty Ltd v Ultra Tune Australia Pty Ltd [1997] 1 VR 667 Vouris v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1999) 33 ACSR 527 Yango Pastoral Co v First Chicago Australia Ltd (1978) 139 CLR 410 Yeomans v Walker (1986) 5 NSWLR 378 DECISION : Proceedings dismissed with costs.