NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Bydand Holdings Pty Ltd v Pineland Property Holdings Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 1159
HEARING DATE(S) : 26 October 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 10 November 2009
JUDGMENT OF : Hammerschlag J
DECISION : Judgment for the plaintiff against the first defendant and the third defendant jointly and severally for $3,629,793.21. First defendant and third defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs of the proceedings.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT – vendor and purchaser suit – plaintiff resells property after contract terminated for purchaser's breach – claims loss on resale – purchaser contends that vendor failed to take reasonable steps in reselling the property – GUARANTEE – director of purchaser provides guarantee for purchaser's obligations – name of purchaser under the contract left blank in guarantee – whether guarantee void for uncertainty
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
J Boag & Son Brewing Ltd v Bridon Investments Pty Ltd & Ors (2001) 10 Tas R 26 Hansmar Investments Pty Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [2007] NSWSC 103 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLR 337 Makita Australia Pty Ltd v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 CASES CITED : Permanent Trustee Australia Ltd v Boulton (1994) 33 NSWLR 735 Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 Re Queensland Land and Coal Company; Davis v Martin [1894] 3 Ch 181 The Société Generale de Paris & Colladon v Walker (1886) 11 App Cas 20, HL Northstate Carpet Mills Pty Limited v BR Industries Pty Limited [2006] NSWSC 1057
TEXTS CITED : Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th ed, vol 13 Carter, Peden and Tolhurst Contract Law in Australia, 5th ed (2007) LexisNexis Butterworths
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