AM Marketing Pty Ltd v Howard Media Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 803

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : AM Marketing Pty Ltd v Howard Media Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 803

HEARING DATE(S) : 06/04/10, 07/04/10 Written submissions in reply: 09/04/10

JUDGMENT DATE : 23 July 2010

JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

DECISION : Short minutes to be brought in.

CATCHWORDS : PARTNERSHIP - whether partnership exists - plaintiff sued defendant for debt - defendant says it is not indebted because the parties were partners - defendant seeks account - consideration of course of dealings between parties - indicia of partnership considered - held: no partnership - judgment for debt in favour of plaintiff

LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005, s100 Partnership Act 1892, ss 1, 2, 24(1)(1)

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Amadio Pty Ltd v Henderson (1998) 81 FCR 149 Badeley v Consolidated Bank (1888) 38 Ch D 238 Canny Gabriel Castle Jackson Advertising Pty Ltd v Volume Sales (Finance) Pty Ltd [1974] HCA 22; (1974) 131 CLR 321 Elkin & Co Pty Ltd v Specialised Television Installations Pty Ltd [1961] SR (NSW) 165 Haggitt v Watson [1927] NZLR 209 H. E. the Minister for Public Works of the Government of Kuwait v Sir Frederick Snow & Partners [1981] Com. L. R. 103 CASES CITED : Hope v Bathurst City Council [1980] HCA 16; (1980) 144 CLR 1 Howard Media v AM Marketing [2009] NSWSC 165 Momentum Productions Pty Ltd v Lewarne [2009] FCAFC 30; (2009) FCR 268 174 John Alexander's Clubs Pty Ltd and Anor v White City Tennis Club Ltd [2010] HCA 19; (2010) 266 ALR 462 Newstead v Frost [1980] 1 WLR 135 The Duke Group Ltd v Pilmer [1999] SASC 97; (1999) 31 ACSR 213 United Dominions Corporation Ltd v Brian Pty Ltd [1985] HCA 49; (1985) 157 CLR 1 Zisis v Knighton [2008] NSWCA 42