NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Orica Investments v McCartney [2010] NSWSC 488
HEARING DATE(S) : 10 May to 14 May 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 28 May 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Ball J
DECISION : 1. Upon inquiry, the damages to which the Plaintiffs are entitled from the Defendants are assessed in the amount of $1,561,245, together with interest on that sum of $743,452.04 (making a total of $2,304,697.04). 2. The Defendants pay the cost of the Plaintiffs of the inquiry as to damages.
CATCHWORDS : DAMAGES - Contract - Breach of restraint of clause - calculation of damages for loss of the benefit of a distributorship agreement - loss of a chance - whether Plaintiff failed to mitigate its loss.
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Armory v Delamirie (1722) 1 Stra 505; 93 ER 664 Banco de Portugal v Waterlow and Sons Ltd [1932] AC 452 Heskell v Continental Express Ltd {1950] 1 All ER 1033 Houghton v Immer (1997) 44 NSWLR 46 CASES CITED : McCrohon v Harith [2010] NSWCA 67 Malec v JC Hutton Pty Ltd (1990) 159 CLR 638 Poseidon Ltd & Sellars v Adelaide Petroleum NL (1994) 179 CLR 332 Sacher Investments Pty Ltd v Forma Stereo Consultants Pty Ltd [1976] 1 NSWLR 5 Simonius Vischer & Co v Holt & Thompson [1979] 2 NSWLR 322 Wylie v The ANI Corporation Limited [2002] 1 Qd R 320
Orica Investments Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff) Bronson & Jacobs Pty Ltd (Second Plaintiff) PARTIES : William McCartney (First Defendant) Ingredients Plus Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) Graeme Bruce Love (Third Defendant) Thomas Daniel John Love (Fourth Defendant)
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