NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Mobileciti Pty Limited v Vodafone Pty Limited [2009] NSWSC 899
HEARING DATE(S) : 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 August, 21 September 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 25 September 2009
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton AJ
DECISION : Plaintiff's claims dismissed
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS [134] - General contractual principles - Discharge, breach and defences to action for breach - Repudiation and non-performance - Election and rescission - Loss or waiver of right to rescind - Party having right to terminate contract or alternative right to insist on performance - General principles of doctrine of election - To constitute election statement or conduct must be unequivocal. - EVIDENCE [216] - Witnesses - Cross examination - When permitted and in general - By whom - Evidence of witness proposed to be contradicted by adversary – Duty to cross examine - When duty arises. - TRADE AND COMMERCE [1074] - Consumer protection - Misleading or deceptive conduct or false representation - Particular cases - Advertising and related publications - False impression conveyed by advertisement as whole.
LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), ss 52, 82
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
ACCC v Harris Scarfe Australia Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 54 Allied Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [1983] 1 NSWLR 1 BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 Brown v Jam Factory Pty Limited (1981) 53 FLR 340 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Canberra Advance Bank Ltd v Benny (1992) 38 FCR 427 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW (1982) 149 CLR 337 Concut Pty Ltd v Worrell (2000) 176 ALR 693 Day v Perisher Blue Pty Ltd (2005) 62 NSWLR 731 Given v Pryor (1979) 39 FLR 437 Immer (No 145) Pty Ltd v The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) (1993) 182 CLR 26 Jerke v Delmont State Bank 54 SD 446; 223 NW 585 (1929) Knight v Maclean [2002] NSWCA 314 Krakowski v Eurolynx Properties Ltd (1995) 183 CLR 563 CASES CITED : Land & National Development Corporation P/L v Tatebrook P/L [1999] NSWSC 669 Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd v Cassidy (2003) 205 ALR 402 Minister for Health and Aged Care v Harrington Associates Ltd (2000) 107 FCR 212 Mobileciti Pty Limited v Vodafone Pty Limited [2009] NSWSC 891 Mobileciti Pty Limited v Vodafone Pty Limited [2009] NSWSC 892 R v Birks (1990) 19 NSWLR 677 Sargent v ASL Developments Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 634 Secured Income Real Estate (Australia) Ltd v St Martins Investments Pty Ltd (1979) 144 CLR 597 Seymour v Australian Broadcasting Commission (1977) 19 NSWLR 219 Shepherd v Felt and Textiles of Australia Ltd (1931) 45 CLR 359 St Lukes Health Insurance v Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd (1995) ATPR 41-428 Stirling v Maitland (1864) 5 B & S 841; 122 ER 1043 Telstra Corporation Ltd v Optus Communications Pty Ltd (1997) 36 IPR 515 Vines v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2007) 62 ACSR 1 Waters Lane v Sweeney (2008) Aust Contract R 90-287 Yorke v Lucas (1985) 158 CLR 661
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