Tomlin & Ors v Ford Credit Australia [2005] NSWSC 540

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Tomlin & Ors v Ford Credit Australia [2005] NSWSC 540

HEARING DATE(S) : 14/2/05, 15/2/05, 16/2/05, 17/2/05, 18/2/05, 21/2/05, 22/2/05, 23/2/05, 24/2/05, 25/2/05, 28/2/05, 1/3/05, 2/3/05, 3/3/05, 4/3/05, 9/3/05, 10/3/05, 11/3/05, 29/3/05, 15/5/05, 16/5/05, 18/5/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 10 June 2005

JURISDICTION : Common Law Division

JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1

DECISION : See para [263] of judgment

CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT - whether defendant failed correctly to calculate shortfall under Bailment Plan Agreements on 12 August and 2 September 1998 - whether any failure amounted to breach of agreements - whether defendant breached agreements by failing properly to calculate discounted wholesale value of stock on 2 September 1998 - whether defendant entitled to terminate agreements - whether defendant breached agreements by demanding about $650,000 - whether there was implied duty of good faith in agreements - what was the content of alleged duty of good faith - whether alleged duty of good faith breached - whether plaintiffs entitled to damages - TRADE PRACTICES - whether defendant breached s 51AC Trade Practices Act - whether defendant engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct - whether plaintiffs entitled to damages - TORT - whether defendant owed duty of care - what was the content of alleged duty - whether defendant breached alleged duty - whether Ford Credit made negligent misstatements on and after 2 September 1998 - whether plaintiffs entitled to damages

LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)

Alcatel Australia Ltd v Scarcella (1998) 44 NSWLR 349 Astley v Austrust Ltd (1999) 197 CLR 1 Houghton v Immer [No 155] Pty Ltd (1997) 44 NSWLR 46 CASES CITED : Simms, Jones Ltd v Protochem Trading NZ Ltd [1993] 3 NZLR 369 Tai Hing Cotton Mill Ltd v Liu Chong Hing Bank Ltd [1986] AC 80 Vodafone Pacific Ltd v Mobile Innovations Ltd [2004] NSWCA 15