Whitehouse v BHP Steel Ltd [2004] NSWCA 428

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Whitehouse v BHP Steel Ltd [2004] NSWCA 428 HEARING DATE(S) : 17 November 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 December 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Giles JA at 1; Tobias JA at 2; McColl JA at 72 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : ESTOPPEL - Conventional estoppel - Party asserting estoppel was the source of the assumption - Self-induced assumption - Other party fosters the assumption - No attempt to correct mistaken assumption - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Prejudice - Argument on appeal not raised at trial - Bound by conduct of case LEGISLATION CITED : Nil Amalgamated Investment & Property Co Ltd (in Liq) v Texas Commerce International Bank Ltd [1982] QB 84 Chilcotin Pty Ltd v Canelage Pty Ltd [1999] NSWCA 11 Coghlan v S H Lock (Australia) Limited (1985) 4 NSWLR 158 Colton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1 Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394 Con-Stan Industries of Australia Pty Limited v Norwich Winterhur Insurance (Australia) Ltd (1986) 160 CLR 226 CASES CITED : Cummings v Lewis (1993) 41 FCR 559 Eslea Holdings Ltd v Butts (1986) 6 NSWLR 175 Grundt v Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines Ltd (1937) 59 CLR 641 K Lokumal & Sons (London) Ltd v Lotte Shipping Co Ltd [1985] 2 Lloyd's Rep 28 Multicon Engineering Pty Limited v Federal Airports Corporations (2000) 47 NSWLR 631 Suttor v Gundowda Pty Limited (1950) 81 CLR 418 University of Wollongong v Metwally (No. 2) (1985) 59 ALJR 481 Water Board v Moustakas (1988) 180 CLR 491 PARTIES : Mark Geoffrey Whitehouse BHP Steel Limited FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 41203/03 COUNSEL : A: J S Drummond R: J B Simpkins SC / A J McInerney SOLICITORS : A: Hewitts Commercial Lawyers, Newcastle R: Gadens Lawyers, Sydney