The Anderson Group Pty Ltd v Tynan Motors Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 22

Reported Decision : 65 NSWLR 400

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: The Anderson Group Pty Ltd v Tynan Motors Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 22

HEARING DATE(S): 22 and 23 September 2005

JUDGMENT DATE: 21 February 2006

JUDGMENT OF: Santow JA at 1; Basten JA at 2; Young CJ in Eq at 19

DECISION: The appeal is allowed, appellant/plaintiff entitled to verdict.

CATCHWORDS: BAILMENT [13]- Negligence- Bailee's duty to take reasonable precautions against theft- Whether breach of the hire purchase agreement terminates bailment. BIAS [5]- Judges- Undisclosed communication between counsel and judge pending delivery of reserved judgment.

LEGISLATION CITED: Common Law Procedure Act 1899 (NSW) Corporations Law (Cth) ss 568A(1)(b), 568D(1)

Armory v Delamirie (1722) 1 Strange 505; 93 ER 664; [1558-1774] All ER Rep 121 Biddle v Bond (1865) 6 B & S 225; 122 ER 1179 Boag v Lee (1957) 75 WN (NSW) 77 Butler v The Egg & Egg Pulp Marketing Board (1966) 114 CLR 185 Chabbra Corporation Pty Ltd v Jag Shakti [1986] AC 337 Coggs v Bernard (1703) 2 Ld Raym 909; 92 ER 107; [1558-1774] All ER Rep 1 Cowell v Rosehill Racecourse Co Ltd (1937) 56 CLR 605 Davis v Garrett (1830) 6 Bing 716; 130 ER 1456 Donald v Suckling (1866) LR 1 QB 585 Esanda Finance Corp Ltd v Gibbons [1999] NSWSC 1094 Fenn v Bittleston (1851) 7 Ex 152; 155 ER 895 Heydon v Smith (1611) 13 Co Rep 67; 77 ER 1476 Hobbs v Petersham Transport Co Pty Ltd (1971) 124 CLR 220 Hughes & Bremerman v Rooke [1954] St R Qd 45 Jeffries v The Great Western Railway Co (1856) 5 El & Bl 802; 119 ER 680 Leigh & Sillavan Ltd v Aliakmon Shipping Co Ltd [1986] AC 785 Lilley v Doubleday (1881) 7 QBD 510 Lockwood v Bull (1823) 1 Cowen (NY) 322; 13 Am D 539 Maynegrain Pty Ltd v Compafina Bank [1982] 2 NSWLR 141 McKenna & Armistead Pty Ltd v Excavations Pty Ltd (1956) 57 SR (NSW) 515 Mennie v Blake (1856) 6 El & Bl 842; 119 ER 1078 CASES CITED: Morris v CW Martin & Sons Ltd [1966] 1 QB 716 North General Wagon & Finance Co Ltd v Graham [1950] 2 KB 7 Pacific Acceptance Corporation Ltd v Mirror Motors Pty Ltd (1960) 61 SR (NSW) 548 Palgo Holdings Pty Ltd v Gowans (2005) 79 ALJR 1121 Penfolds Wines Pty Ltd v Elliott (1946) 74 CLR 204 R v Judge Leckie (1977) 52 ALJR 155; 18 ALR 93 R v Lilydale Magistrates Court [1973] VR 122 R M Campbell v Machnig (Yeldham J, 22.5.1981, unreported) Rampton Holdings Pty Ltd v Rocom Pty Ltd (Western Australian Full Court, 31.7.1992, unreported) Re Hallett; Ex parte National Insurance Co (1894) 71 LT 408 Re Veron (1966) 84 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 136 Roberts v McDougall (1887) 3 TLR 666 Rogers Sons & Co v Lambert & Co [1891] 1 QB 318 Russell v Wilson (1923) 33 CLR 538 Sandhurst Trustees Ltd v 72 Seventh Street Nominees Pty Ltd (1998) 45 NSWLR 556 Sandtara Pty Ltd v Abigroup Ltd (1996) 19 ACSR 578 Specialised Transport Pty Ltd v Dominiak (1989) 16 NSWLR 657 The Winkfield [1902] P 42 Thorne v Tilbury (1858) 3 H & N 534; 157 ER 581 Union Transport Finance Ltd v British Car Auctions Ltd [1978] 2 All ER 385 Whiteley Ltd v Hilt [1918] 2 KB 808 Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd (2004) 216 CLR 515