CRIPPS and Another v G & M DAWSON Pty Ltd and Another; G & M DAWSON Pty Ltd and Another v CRIPPS and Another. [2006] NSWCA 81

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: CRIPPS and Another v G & M DAWSON Pty Ltd and Another; G & M DAWSON Pty Ltd and Another v CRIPPS and Another. [2006] NSWCA 81

HEARING DATE(S): 5 December 2005

JUDGMENT DATE: 13 April 2006

JUDGMENT OF: Mason P at 1; Santow JA at 2; Brownie AJA at 62

DECISION: (1) Appeal dismissed with costs. ; (2) Leave granted to file cross-appeal, and cross-appeal allowed. ; (3) The appellants to pay the respondents' costs before the Tribunal and Appeal Panel. ; (4) Cross-appellant to have costs of cross-appeal.

CATCHWORDS: BREACH OF CONTRACT – refusal to consent to assignment of lease – remoteness of damage – Hadley v Baxendale – whether remoteness a question of fact or law – s113(2) Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 - COSTS – "special circumstances" – s88(1) Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997

LEGISLATION CITED: Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 (NSW) s88(1); s113(2) Retail Leases Act 1994

Alexander v Cambridge Credit Corp Ltd (1987) 9 NSWLR 310 Canson Enterprises Limited v Boughton & Co (1991) 85 DLR (4th) 129 Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 Edwards v Noble (1971) 125 CLR 249 H Parsons (Livestock) Limited v Uttley of Ingham & Co Limited [1978] QB 791 CASES CITED: Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 9 Exch 341; 156 ER 145 Hope v Bathurst City Council (1980) 144 CLR 1 Jennings v Credit Corporation of Australia (2000) 48 NSWLR 709 O'Halloran v R T Thomas & Family Pty Ltd (1998) 45 NSWLR 262 Sellars v Adelaide Petroleum NL (1994) 179 CLR 332 Vetter v Lake Macquarie City Council (2001) 202 CLR 439 Williams v Bill Williams Pty Ltd [1971] 1 NSWLR 547