NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Peter Smythe v Vincent Thomas [2007] NSWSC 844
HEARING DATE(S) : 27 July 2007, 1 August 2007
JUDGMENT DATE : 3 August 2007
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Rein AJ
DECISION : See [77].
CATCHWORDS : Contract for sale of goods (aircraft) - whether eBay "online auction" an auction - whether agreement concluded - whether statements made promissory in nature - implication of a term as to payment of the balance of purchase price within a reasonable period - availability of specific performance
Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 2002 LEGISLATION CITED : Sale of Goods Act 1923, ss 8, 32, 60 Sale of Goods Act 1893 (UK), ss 3, 57
Adderley v Dixon (1824) 1 Sim & St 607; 57 ER 239 Azzi (Automobiles) Pty Ltd v Volvo Car Australia Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 249 Chambre National des Commissaires Priseurs v NART SAS [2001] ECC 24 Chelmsford Auctions Ltd v Poole [1973] QB 542; [1973] 1 All ER 810 Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394; 95 ALR 321 Craine v Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Co Ltd (1920) 28 CLR 305; [1920] HCA 64 Ebay Inc v Bidder's Edge Inc (2000) 100 F Supp 2d 1058 eBay International AG v Creative Festival Entertainment Pty Ltd (2006) Aust Contract R 90-248; [2006] FCA 1768 Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort Ltd v McBride & Palmer [1976] 2 NSWLR 631 CASES CITED : Ellul v Oakes (1972) 3 SASR 377 Evans Marshall & Co Ltd v Bertola SA [1973] 1 All ER 992; [1973] 1 WLR 349 Harnett v Yielding (1805) 2 Sch & Lef 549 Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41; 55 ALR 417 JJ Savage & Sons Pty Ltd v Blakney (1970) 119 CLR 435 Port Jackson Stevedoring Pty Ltd v Salmond & Spraggon (Australia) Pty Ltd (1978) 139 CLR 231 Trident General Insurance Co Ltd v McNiece Bros Pty Ltd (1988) 165 CLR 107 Wedgwood v Adams 6 Beav 600; 49 ER 958 Wilson v Kingsgate Mining Industries Pty Ltd [1973] 2 NSWLR 713 Wilson v Northampton & Banbury Junction Railway Company (1874) LR 9 Ch App 279
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