NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Northstate Carpet Mills Pty Ltd v B R Industries Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1057
HEARING DATE(S) : 22, 27 September 2006
JUDGMENT DATE : 9 October 2006
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
DECISION : Proceedings against first defendant succeed with costs. First defendant to pay $17,924 pursuant to contract, plus interest. Proceedings against second defendant (guarantor) dismissed with costs as plaintiff has not proved contract of guarantee was made.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS [31]- Offer- Application for 45 day credit account to purchase goods- Guarantee in incomplete form accompanies offer- Offeror told 14 day account opened- No other communication of any acceptance- Whether acceptance implied from conduct of parties- Trading then commenced- Held guarantee not part of contract governing trade- Guarantee not binding. - EQUITY [76]- Rectification- No power to rectify when no contract actually brought into existence- Rectification of one party deed where person signing same made no mistake- Whether gross negligence a defence to rectification.
Property Law Act 1974 (Queensland) s 56 LEGISLATION CITED : Real Property Act 1900, s 74P Trade Practices Act, 1975 (Cth) s 52
Ball v Storie (1823) 1 Sim & St 210; 57 ER 84 Branir Pty Ltd v Owston Nominees Pty Ltd (No 2) (2001) 117 FCR 424 Brogden v Metropolitan Railway Co (1877) 2 App Cas 666 Brown v Brown (1905) 5 SR (NSW) 146 Christie v The Public Trustee (1921) 22 SR (NSW) 148 Coolibah Pastoral Co v The Commonwealth (1967) 11 FLR 173 Empirnall Holdings Pty Ltd v Machon Paull Partners Pty Ltd (1988) 14 NSWLR 523 CASES CITED : Georgoulis v Mandalinic [1984] 1 NSWLR 612 Integrated Computer Services Pty Ltd v Digital Equipment Corp (Aust) Pty Ltd (1988) 5 BPR 11,110 Issa v Berisha [1981] 1 NSWLR 261 Katsaounis v Belehris [1995] Anz ConvR 114 Latec Finance Pty Ltd v Knight [1969] 2 NSWR 79 Malmesbury v Malmesbury (1862) 31 Beav 407; 54 ER 1196 Mandalinic v Government Insurance Office of NSW [1983] 1 NSWLR 598 Sorby v Gordon (1874) 30 LT 528 Weeds v Blaney (1977) 121 Sol Jo 794
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