Sangain Pty Limited v Italform Pty Limited [2009] NSWSC 74

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sangain Pty Limited v Italform Pty Limited [2009] NSWSC 74

HEARING DATE(S) : 2 February 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 12 February 2009

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Rein J

DECISION : Referee's report to be adopted.

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – adoption of Referee's report – whether Referee erred in finding misleading and deceptive conduct – open for Referee to find reliance on representations inconsistent with subsequent contractual terms – Referee's findings also supported damages for breach of contract– not open to the defendant to criticise report for failing to deal with an argument not advanced at the reference

LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act 1987 s 42 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Brown v Jam Factory Pty Limited (1981) 53 FLR 340 Burns v M.A.N. Automotive (Aust) Pty Limited (1986) 161 CLR 653 Campomar Sociedad Limitada v Nike International Ltd [2000] HCA 12 Chocolate Factory Apartments v Westpoint Finance [2005] NSWSC 784 Frith v Gold Coast Mineral Springs Pty Limited (1983) 47 ALR 547 CASES CITED : March v SE and MH Stramare Pty Limited (1991) 171 CLR 506 Parkdale Custom Built Furniture Pty Limited v Puxu Pty Limited (1982) 149 CLR 191 Poseidon Limited & Anor v Adelaide Petroleum NL & Ors [1992] ATPR 41-164 Sutton v A.J. Thomson Pty Limited (1987) 73 ALR 233 TCN Channel 9 Pty Limited v Hayden Enterprises Pty Limited (1989) 16 NSWLR 130 Wardley Australia Limited v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 Watts v Rake (1962) 108 CLR 158