Wasada Pty Limited v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (No.2) [2003] NSWSC 987

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Wasada Pty Limited v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (No.2) [2003] NSWSC 987 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 December 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 December 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J DECISION : Restitution not available

CATCHWORDS : RESTITUTION - general principles - not a cause of action - need for "injustice" which is an element in restitution to be within a recognised category or a new category justifiable by legal reasoning - need to plead facts demonstrating such a category - no such facts pleaded - factual matters actually relied on by plaintiff to establish a restitutionary claim not made out LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act 1987 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) David Securities Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1992) 175 CLR 353 Hill v Van Erp (1997) 188 CLR 159 CASES CITED : Pavey & Matthews Pty Ltd v Paul (1987) 162 CLR 221 Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall (2001) 208 CLR 516 Torpey Vander Have Pty Ltd v Mass Constructions Pty Ltd [2002] NSWCA 263; (2002) 55 IPR 542 Wasada Pty Limited v State Rail Authority of New South Wales [2003] NSWSC 894 PARTIES : Wasada Pty Limited - Plaintiff State Rail Authority of New South Wales - Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3089/03 COUNSEL : T Hale SC - Plaintiff C Frawley, solicitor - Defendant SOLICITORS : Kemp Strang - Plaintiff Henry Davis York - Defendant

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