The Christie Agency & Anor v Wiseman Advertising & Ors; Wiseman & Anor v The Christie Agency & Anor [2004] NSWSC 395

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : The Christie Agency & Anor v Wiseman Advertising & Ors; Wiseman & Anor v The Christie Agency & Anor [2004] NSWSC 395 HEARING DATE(S) : 5/4/04, 6/4/04, 7/4/04, 8/4/04, 13/4/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 May 2004

JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1 DECISION : See paras [260] to [265] of judgment

CATCHWORDS : TRADE PRACTICES - ss 51A, 52 Trade Practices Act 1974 - agreement for sale of advertising business - whether first and second defendants made representations as to profitability of business that were misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive - whether first or second plaintiffs relied upon any such representations in deciding to purchase the business - INDUSTRIAL LAW - ss 105, 106 Industrial Relations Act 1996 - agreement for the sale of business - whether agreement as made and/or as performed was unfair for the purposes of s 106 - whether order for the payment of money to be made against a person who was not a party to the contract - whether second defendant (first applicant in IRC proceedings) was constructively dismissed Trade Practices Act 1974 Fair Trading Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED : Industrial Arbitration Act 1940 Industrial Arbitration Act 1991 Industrial Relations Act 1996 Incitec Ltd v Industrial Court of New South Wales (1992) 45 IR 155 BNY Australia Ltd v James (1992) 26 NSWLR 57 Reich v Client Server Professionals of Australia Pty Ltd (2000) 49 NSWLR 551 Colaco v Soul Pattinson (Manufacturing) Pty Ltd (1990) 38 IR 174 Hussmann Australia Pty Ltd v Walker (1993) 48 IR 396 Day v Lumley Life Ltd (1999) 90 IR 70 CASES CITED : Beahan v Bush Boake Allen Australia Ltd (1999) 47 NSWLR 648 Hollingsworth v Commissioner of Police (1999) 47 NSWLR 151 Australian Entre Business Centres Pty Ltd v Smith [1989] AR (NSW) 196 Brown v Rezitis (1970) 127 CLR 157 Swann v Ultratune Australia Pty Ltd (1983) 5 IR 284 Houghton v Immer (No 155) Pty Ltd (1997) 44 NSWLR 46 Radosavljevic v Radin [2003] NSWCA 217 Thomson v Orica Australia Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 939 50008/03: The Christie Agency Pty Limited (First Plaintiff) Douglas Nicol Christie (Second Plaintiff) Wiseman Advertising Pty Limited (First Defendant) Clive Alistair Wiseman (Second Defendant) PARTIES : Dorothy Moe Wiseman (Third Defendant)