Barcar Pty Limited v Carpatsea Pty Limited [2008] NSWSC 344

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Barcar Pty Limited v Carpatsea Pty Limited [2008] NSWSC 344

HEARING DATE(S) : 3, 4, 5, and 11 March 2008

JUDGMENT DATE : 17 April 2008

JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List

JUDGMENT OF : Bergin J

CATCHWORDS : [TRADE PRACTICES] – Misleading or deceptive conduct – whether understatement of wages – whether misrepresentation incorporated as term of contract – whether reliance on representations in pre-contractual negotiations – whether reliance on contractual warranty that documents attached to contract accurate and complete – whether causal link between misrepresentation and damage severed – accessorial liability of company director. [CONTRACTS] – Breach of contractual warranty – statements attached to contract not accurate and complete. [DAMAGES] – Principles – difference between price paid for business and true value.

LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act 1987 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Accounting Systems 2000 (Developments) Pty Ltd v CCH Australia Limited (1993) 27 IPR 133 Argy & Anor v Blunts & Lane Cove Real Estate Pty Ltd & Ors (1990) 26 FCR 112 Arktos Pty Ltd v Idyllic Nominees Pty Ltd [2004] FCAFC 119 Effem Foods Pty Ltd v Lake Cumberline Pty Ltd (1999) 161 ALR 509 EW Blanch Pty Ltd v Cooper [2005] NSWCA 217 I & L Securities Pty Limited v HTW Valuers (Brisbane) Pty Limited (2002) 210 CLR 109 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 CASES CITED : Kizbeau Pty Ltd v WG & B Pty Ltd (1995) 184 CLR 281 Lake Cumberline Pty Ltd v Effem Foods Pty Ltd (FCFCA, 24 April 1997, unreported) Lake Cumberline Pty Ltd v Effem Foods Pty Ltd (trading as Uncle Ben's of Australia) (FCA, 29 June 1995, unreported) Robinson v Harman (1848) 1 Exch 850 Sutton v AJ Thompson Pty Limited (1987) 73 ALR 233 The Commonwealth v Amman Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 Wenham v Ella (1972) 127 CLR 454 Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661