NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Fuji Xerox v CSG Limited [2010] NSWSC 1258
HEARING DATE(S) : 1/11/10, 2/11/10, 3/11/10, 4/11/10, 5/11/10, 08/11/10 and 09/11/10
JUDGMENT DATE : 23 November 2010
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List
JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1
DECISION : Declaratory and other relief granted.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT – termination – breach – where plaintiff entered into dealer agreements with defendant – where plaintiff terminated agreements for breach of essential terms – whether defendant failed to meet target quotas – whether plaintiff estopped from relying on failure to meet target quotas – whether misuse of confidential information – whether conflict of interest arising from negotiation and making of Canon agreements – whether uncertainty in terms – construction of conflicts of interests provisions – whether defendant's marketing of Canon products constituted breach – where defendant alleges wrongful repudiation – whether breach by plaintiff – whether plaintiff's termination in breach of any implied obligation of good faith or motivated by improper purpose – construction – parties' post termination obligations under dealer agreements. - EQUITY – "unclean hands" – whether plaintiff disentitled to relief on discretionary grounds. - PROCEDURE – notice to produce – privileged documents – legal advice – reasons for ruling – Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 118, 122.
LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Austra Tanks Pty Ltd v Running [1982] 2 NSWLR 840 Butt v M'Donald (1896) 7 QLJ 68 Hospital Products Limited v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Mackay v Dick (1881) LR 6 App Cas 251 CASES CITED : Mann v Carnell (1991) 201 CLR 1 Peter Turnbull and Company Pty Limited v Mundus Trading Company (Australasia) Pty Limited (1954) 90 CLR 235 Ross v Ice TV [2010] NSWCA 272 Shepherd v Felt and Textiles of Australia Limited (1931) 45 CLR 359 The Council of the Upper Hunter County District v Australian Chilling and Freezing Co Limited (1968) 118 CLR 429 United Group Rail Services Ltd v Rail Corporation NSW (2009) 74 NSWLR 618
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