NSW Caselaw
Appeal Outcome: Special leave application dismissed with costs by the High Court 13 February 2009 (S407/2008)
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Sagacious Procurement Pty Ltd v Symbion Health Ltd (formerly Mayne Group Ltd) [2008] NSWCA 149 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S): 19 and 20 February 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 11 August 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Giles JA at 1; Hodgson JA at 126; Campbell JA at 127
DECISION: Appeal and cross-appeal each dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: Contract - whether parties made binding contract - oral negotiations and exchanges of letters - letter signed acknowledging and accepting "terms and conditions as outlined above" - construction of letter - regard to surrounding circumstances and subject-matter - and to subsequent communications - on balance, no intention to make binding contract.
Air Great Lakes Pty Ltd v K S Easter (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1985) 2 NSWLR 309; Allen v Carbone (1975) 132 CLR 528; Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games Ltd (1988) 18 NSWLR 540; Barrier Wharfs Ltd v W Scott Fell & Co Ltd (1908) 5 CLR 647; Baulkham Hills Private Hospital Pty Ltd v G R Securities Pty Ltd (1986) 40 NSWLR 622; Brambles Holdings Ltd v Bathurst City Council [2001] NSWCA 61; (2001) 53 NSWLR 153; B Seppelt and Sons Ltd v Commissioner for Main Roads (1975) 1 BPR 9147; Film Bars Pty Ltd v Pacific Film Laboratories Pty Ltd (1979) 1 BPR 9251; Geebung Investments Pty Ltd v Varga Group Investments No 8 Pty Ltd (1995) 7 BPR 97578; CASES CITED: Grey v Australian Motorists & General Insurance Co Pty Ltd (1976) 1 NSWLR 669; Howard Smith and Co Ltd v Varawa (1907) 5 CLR 68; Jones v Sutherland Shire Council (1979) 2 NSWLR 206; Lemon v Scarlet & Co (1921) 29 CLR 499; Lustre Hosiery Ltd v York (1936) 54 CLR 134; Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353; Perry v Suffields Ltd (1916) 2 Ch 187; Pitcher v Langford (1991) 23 NSWLR 142; Sinclair Scott & Co v Naughton (1929) 43 CLR 310; Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52; (2004) 210 CLR 165.
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