NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Mantoufeh v Enterprise Finance Solutions Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 1144
HEARING DATE(S) : 20 July 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 28 October 2009
JURISDICTION : Common Law
JUDGMENT OF : Rothman J
(i) Judgment for the defendant;
DECISION : (ii) The plaintiff pay the defendant's costs of and incidental to these proceedings, as agreed or assessed;
(iii) The proceedings be dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT – distinction between debt and damages – liquidated damages constitute a secondary obligation and enforceable as such – express terms of contract – proceedings for monies owing - APPEAL – Local Court – error of law – categorisation of monies owing – error not material to outcome – no denial of natural justice – proper opportunity to prepare and to present case – tactical decision to present case without dealing with certain issues
Civil Procedure Act 2005 LEGISLATION CITED : Local Courts Act 1982 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Agricultural and Rural Finance Pty Ltd v Gardiner [2008] HCA 57 Automatic Fire Sprinklers Pty Ltd v Watson [1946] HCA 25; (1946) 72 CLR 435 Commissioner of Taxation v Reliance Carpet Co Pty Ltd [2008] HCA 22; (2008) 236 CLR 342 Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd [1943] AC 32 Gardiner v Agricultural And Rural Finance Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 235 Hamod v Suncorp Metway Insurance Ltd [2006] NSWCA 243 CASES CITED : Leichhardt Municipal Council v Seatainer Terminals Pty Ltd (1981) 48 LGRA 409 McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd [1933] HCA 25; (1933) 48 CLR 457 Moschi v Lep Air Services Ltd; Lep Air Services Ltd v Rolloswin [1973] A.C. 331 Newcombe v Newcombe (1934) 34 SR (NSW) 446 Slade v Morley (1597-1602) B & M 420 State Bank of South Australia v Macintosh (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Young J, 31 May 1995, unreported) Westralian Farmers Ltd v Commonwealth Agricultural Service Engineers Ltd (in Liq) [1936] HCA 6; (1936) 54 CLR 361 Yates Property Corp Pty Ltd (in liq) v Darling Harbour Authority (Paddy Markets Case) (1991) 24 NSWLR 156
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