NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Harbourside Catering Pty Ltd v TMG Developments Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1375
HEARING DATE(S) : 12 to 20 November 2007
JUDGMENT DATE : 30 November 2007
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
DECISION : Judgment for the Defendant on the Plaintiff's Second Further Amended Statement of Claim.
CATCHWORDS : LANDLORD AND TENANT – Lessor refused consent to assignment of lease – whether proposed assignees had "retailing skills that are inferior to those of the proposed assignor" for the purposes of s 39(1)(b) Retail Leases Act 1994 – what constitutes "retailing skills" – whether refusals of consent to assignment made in bad faith and constituted unconscionable conduct in contravention of s 62B(1) Retail Leases Act 1994.
LEGISLATION CITED : - Retail Leases Act 1994 (NSW) – s 39, s 40, s 62B s 69B, s 72AA - Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) - s 51AA(1), s 51AC(1), s 51AC(3)
- Alcatel Australia Ltd v Scarcella (1998) 44 NSWLR 349 - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Simply No-Knead (Franchising) Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 1365; (2000) 104 FCR 253 - Godfrey Constructions Pty Ltd v Kanangra Park Pty Ltd (1972) 128 CLR 529 CASES CITED : - Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Airservices Australia (1997) 146 ALR 1 - NRMA Ltd v Scandrett [2002] NSWSC 1123; (2002) 43 ACSR 401 - Pierce Bell Sales Pty Ltd v Frazer (1973) 130 CLR 575 - Renard Constructions (ME) Pty Ltd v Minister for Public Works (1992) 26 NSWLR 234
PARTIES : Harbourside Catering Pty Ltd – Plaintiff TMG Developments Pty Ltd - Defendant
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