NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Nash v Stewart [2010] NSWSC 947
HEARING DATE(S) : 26/05/10, 27/05/10, 28/05/10, 09/07/10
JUDGMENT DATE : 31 August 2010
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Corporations List
JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
DECISION : Proceedings dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : EQUITY - fiduciary duty - plaintiff pleads contractual duties and parallel fiduciary duties - no vulnerability or reliance shown - no fiduciary duty claim maintainable - CONTRACT - implied term - oral agreement - discovering implied term - whether implied term breached - held breach - proceedings dismissed - no matter of principle
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 Brunninghausen v Glavanics [1999] NSWCA 199: (1999) 46 NSWLR 538 Crawley v Short [2009] NSWCA 410; (2009) 262 ALR 654 CASES CITED : Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation [1984] HCA 64; (1984) 156 CLR 41 John Alexander's Clubs Pty Ltd v White City Tennis Club Ltd [2010] HCA 19; (2010) 84 ALJR 446 Pegela Pty Ltd v Oates [2010] NSWCA 186 Tanwar Enterprises Pty Ltd v Cauchi [2003] HCA 57; 217 CLR 315 United Dominions Corporation Ltd v Brian Pty Ltd [1985] HCA 49; (1985) 157 CLR 1
Gregory Dennis Nash - First Plaintiff Gregory Dennis Nash as representative of Newstart Superannuatiion Fund - Second Plaintiff PARTIES : John Thomas Stewart - First Defendant John Frederick Lord - Second Defendant Rohan McCoy as trustee of the STO - Fifth Defendant J & L MarinePty Ltd as trustee of the Lord Superannuation Fund - Sixth Defendant
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