NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Banabelle Electrical v State of New South Wales [2005] NSWSC 714
HEARING DATE(S) : 5, 6, 7 and 8 July 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 27 July 2005
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Technology & Construction List
JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1
DECISION : See paras [170] to [172] of judgment
CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - reference - whether referee's report should be adopted - whether referee's assessment of compensation and damages so flawed as to require rejection - where referee rejected methods of assessment proposed by experts and adopted "total cost" method without consulting parties - whether defendant denied procedural fairness - TRADE PRACTICES - where referee found representation misleading or deceptive - where representation alleged that no assignment of contract - where no effective assignment - whether representation misleading or deceptive - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for leave to amend - whether plaintiff entitled to amend statement of claim - whether defendant prejudiced by amendment - whether amendment embarrassing
LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW)
Bellgrove v Eldridge (1954) 90 CLR 613 Bulk Materials (Coal Handling) Pty Ltd v Compressed Air and Packaging Systems (NSW) Pty Ltd (1997) 14 BCL 109 Chloride Batteries Australia Ltd v Glendale Chemical Products (1988) 17 NSWLR 60 Foxman Holdings Pty Ltd v NMBE Pty Ltd (1995) 38 NSWLR 615 Franks & Anor v Berem Constructions Pty Ltd (NSWCA 2/12/98, unrep; BC 9806367) Hughes Bros Pty Ltd v Minister for Public Works (Rolfe J, 17/8/94, unrep; BC 9402885) Linden Gardens Trust v Lenesta Sludge Disposals [1994] 1 AC 85 CASES CITED : Malec v J C Hutton Pty Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 638 Peninsula Balmain Pty Limited v Abigroup Contractors Pty Limited [2002] NSWCA 211 Seven Sydney v Fuji Xerox [2004] NSWSC 902 State of New South Wales & Ors v Banabelle Electrical Pty Ltd (2002) 54 NSWLR 503 Super Pty Ltd v SJP Formwork (Aust) Pty Ltd (1992) 29 NSWLR 549 Thiess Watkins White Construction Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia (1992) 14 BCL 61 White Constructions (NT) Pty Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia (1990) 7 BCL 193 Xuereb v Viola (1989) 18 NSWLR 453
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