Ventouris Enterprises Pty Ltd v Dib Group Pty Ltd (No.2) [2010] NSWSC 1317

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Ventouris Enterprises Pty Ltd v Dib Group Pty Ltd (No.2) [2010] NSWSC 1317

HEARING DATE(S) : 11 November 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 24 November 2010

JUDGMENT OF : Slattery J at 1

DECISION : See paragraphs 37 and 38 of judgment.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - apportionment between concurrent wrongdoers - misleading conduct before the commencement of Civil Liability Act 2003 proportionate liabilty provisions - Reinhold v NSW Lotteries Corporation (No. 2) [2008] NSWSC 187 applied - proportionate liability assessed - defendants' liability limited to 80% of the loss and damage claimed - DAMAGES - general principles - assessment - whether issue estoppel arises out of earlier judgment - COSTS - plaintiff successful in claim but unsuccessful on some issues - issues on which plaintiff was unsuccessful are separable - proceedings lengthened by issues on which plainitff was unsuccessful - defendants ordered to pay 75% of plaintiffs' total costs of the proceedings to date.

Civil Liability Act, Part 4, s 35 (1)(b) , s 98(1)(c) Fair Trading Act, s 41 LEGISLATION CITED : Law Reform (Miscellaneous) Provisions Act 1946, s 5(1) Trade Practices Act, Part IVA , Part VIA, s 51A Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 42.1

CATEGORY : Separate question

Fexuto Pty Ltd v Bosnjak Holdings Pty Ltd (No. 3) (1998) 30 ACSR 20 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Ottway v Jones (1955) 1 WLR 706 CASES CITED : Reinhold v NSW Lotteries Corporation (No. 2) [2008] NSWSC 187, at [17] – [25] Trade Practices Commission v Nicholas Enterprises Pty Ltd (No. 3) (1979) 28 ALR 201 Ventouris Enterprises Pty Ltd v Dib Group Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 963 paragraphs [7], [88], [95], [96], [97] , [102]- [106] , [119] , [120], [126] , [135] Waters v P C Henderson (Aust) Pty Ltd (1994) 254 ALR 328 Yates v Mobile Marine Repairs Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1463 at [93]- [94]