Reglon Pty Limited v Hill & Ors [2006] NSWSC 1360

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Reglon Pty Limited v Hill & Ors [2006] NSWSC 1360

HEARING DATE(S) : 20 and 23 June 2006; 7 and 8 November 2006 and 1 December 2006

JUDGMENT DATE : 11 December 2006

JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Windeyer J at 1

DECISION : Judgment for the plaintiff for $1,331,212 plus interest.

CATCHWORDS : TORTS - conversion - bailment - breach of agreement - whether there was a right to immediate possession - whether contract provisions overrode common law rights of bailor - CO-MIXTURE - scaffolding of plaintiff mixed with other scaffolding - mixing not fault of plaintiff - rights of co-owners in the whole - conversion by co-owner

LEGISLATION CITED : Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act 1942

Baker v Barclay's Bank Ltd [1955] 2 All ER 571; [1955] 1 WLR 822 McDonald v Lane (1882) 7 SCR 462 Nominal Defendant v Andrews (1969) 121 CLR 562 North General Wagon & Finance Co Ltd v Graham [1950] 2 KB 7 Reliance Car Facilities Limited v Roding Motors [1952] 2 QB 844 CASES CITED : Sandeman & Sons v Tyzack & Branfoot Steamship Co Ltd [1913] AC 680 Smith v Torr [1862] 3 F&F 505 The Anderson Group Pty Ltd v Tynan Motors Pty Ltd (2006) 65 NSWLR 400 Union Transport Finance Ltd v British Car Auctions Ltd [1978] 2 All ER 385 Helmore Commercial Law and Personal Property in New South Wales 10th Edition 1992 page 40 Vaines: Personal Property 4th Edition 1967 at 387 and

Reglon Pty Limited (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Grahame Peter Hill (First Defendant) Citadel Financial Corporation Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Action Construction Service (NSW) Pty Ltd