Sande v Medsara Pty Limited [2004] NSWSC 147

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sande v Medsara Pty Limited [2004] NSWSC 147 HEARING DATE(S) : 15/12/03, 16/12/03, 17/12/03, 18/12/03, 19/12/03. Written submissions 5/1/04, 7/1/04. JUDGMENT DATE : 11 March 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Burchett AJ at 1 DECISION : Orders to be made for rectification, specific performance and an inquiry as to damages.

CATCHWORDS : RECTIFICATION - unilateral mistake - put and call options and contracts arising from their exercise - meaning and purpose of put and call options - mistake of one party's solicitor as to terms of contract known to the other party who concluded contract avoiding drawing attention to the mistake - unconscionable conduct. LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970, s 68. Anderson v Brouwer Claims Canada & Co Ltd [2002] BCSC 1043 Downtown King West Development Corp v Massey Ferguson Industries Ltd 28 OR (3d) 327 Enfield Corp., Re (1990) 48 Bus.LR. 134 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 CASES CITED : Leibler v Air New Zealand Ltd (No. 2) [1999] 1 VR 1 Pukallus v Cameron (1982) 180 CLR 447 Riverlate Properties Ltd v Paul [1975] Ch 133 Taylor v Johnson (1983) 151 CLR 422 Thomas Bates and Son Ltd v Wyndham's (Lingerie) Ltd [1981] 1 WLR 505 Tutt v Doyle (1997) 42 NSWLR 10 Joseph Sande and Diana Sande (first plaintiffs) Andrew Terides (second plaintiff) Esther El-Hage (third plaintiff) PARTIES : Tony Dbais (fourth plaintiff) Shane Hugh Mills (fifth plaintiff) James Moreland and Sara Wendy Moreland (sixth plaintiffs) Medsara Pty Limited (Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4098/03 COUNSEL : N. Hutley SC / M.B. Evans (Plantiffs) G. Curtin (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Plaintiffs) Kemp Strang (Defendant)