NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Rapid Metal Developments (Aust) Pty Ltd v Rildean Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 571 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S) : 3/3/09, 4/3/09, 5/3/09, 6/3/09, 9/3/09, 10/3/09
JUDGMENT DATE : 26 June 2009
JUDGMENT OF : R A Hulme J
DECISION : Judgment for plaintiff
CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - receivers, controllers and managers - duties and liabilities - s419A Corporations Act - whether agents for mortgagee in possession liable to pay rent and other amounts accruing under prior agreement - difficulty in identifying goods belonging to plaintiff - commingling of goods - significance of prior breach by company of a term of agreement - whether agents for mortgagee should be excused from liability - TORTS - conversion - dealing with goods in manner inconsistent with owner's rights - permitting use of goods by a third party under licence agreement - later sale of goods to third party - whether actual physical interference with goods necessary to establish conversion
LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Australian Provincial Assurance Co Ltd v Coroneo (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 700 Bradshaw v McEwans Pty Ltd (1951) 217 ALR Coleman v Harvey [1989] 1 NZLR 723 Gurnett v Macquarie Stevedoring Co Pty Ltd (1955) 55 SR (NSW) 243 Hill & Anor v Reglon Pty Limited [2007] NSWCA 295 Indian Oil Corp Ltd v Greenstone Shipping SA [1988] 1 QB 345 CASES CITED : Luxton v Vines (1952) 85 CLR 352 Nardell Coal Corporation (In Liq) v Hunter Valley Coal Processing [2003] NSWSC 642; (2003) 46 ACSR 467; (2003) 21 ACLC 1505 Reglon Pty Limited v Hill and Ors [2006] NSWSC 1360 Rildean Pty Ltd v TJF Scaffolding Maintenance & Hire Pty Ltd; TJF Scaffolding Maintenance & Hire Pty Ltd v Rildean Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 605 Sandeman & Sons v Tyzack & Branfoot Steamship Co Ltd [1913] AC 680 The Insurance Commissioner v Joyce (1948) 77 CLR 39 The Public Trustee v Jones (1925) 25 SR (NSW) 526 Whelan Kartaway Pty Ltd v G & C Weatherburn Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 677
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