NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Regency Media Pty Ltd v AAV Australia Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 199
HEARING DATE(S): 20 May 2009
JUDGMENT DATE: 15 July 2009
JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; Beazley JA at 2; McColl JA at 95
(1) Appeal allowed; DECISION: (2) Set aside the orders made by Rolfe DCJ on 26 June 2008; (3) The respondent's claim is dismissed with costs; (4) Order that the respondent pay the appellant's costs at first instance and of the appeal. The respondent is to have a certificate under the Suitors' Fund Act 1951 if otherwise qualified.
CATCHWORDS: CONTRACTS – general contractual principles – construction and interpretation of contracts – construction of the phrases "close of business" and "bank statements" – ascertaining the intention of the parties
LEGISLATION CITED: Suitors' Fund Act 1951
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Australian Broadcasting Commission v Australasian Performing Right Association [1973] HCA 36; (1973) 129 CLR 99 Codelfa Constructions Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW (1982) 149 CLR 337 Fitzgerald v Masters [1956] HCA 53; (1956) 95 CLR 420 Gardiner v Agricultural and Rural Finance Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 235 Hide & Skin Trading Pty Ltd v Oceanic Meat Traders Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 310 Julan Pool Supplies Pty Ltd v Onga Pty Ltd [1999] SASC 20 Kooee Communications Pty Ltd v Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 5 CASES CITED: Maggbury Pty Ltd v Hafele Australia Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 70; (2001) 210 CLR 181 McCann v Switzerland Insurance Australia Ltd [2000] HCA 65; (2000) 203 CLR 579 Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas [2004] HCA 35; (2004) 218 CLR 451 Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust v South Sydney City Council [2002] HCA 5; (2002) 186 ALR 289 Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52; (2004) 219 CLR 165 Trnka v The Commonwealth (1986) 44 SASR 572 Upper Hunter District Council v Australian Chilling and Freezing Co Ltd [1968] HCA 8; (1968) 118 CLR 429 Vodafone Pacific Ltd v Mobile Innovations Ltd [2004] NSWCA 15
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