NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Christopher William Sorrell & Anor v Kara Kar Holdings Pty Ltd & Ors [2010] NSWSC 1315
HEARING DATE(S) : 19.07.10, 20.07.10, 21.07.10, 22.07.10, 23.07.10
JUDGMENT DATE : 16 November 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Nicholas J
DECISION : Par 96
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS – agreement for sale and purchase of shares – purchasers subsequently proposed variation of purchase price – sellers agreed to reconsider purchase price – purchasers declined to pay interest on remaining balance of purchase price while awaiting sellers' response – whether purchasers repudiated the contract by this conduct – whether sellers entitled to terminate without notice – whether sellers in terminating without notice repudiated the contract – turns on the facts – no questions of principle - CONTRACTS – damages – whether purchasers entitled to recover first instalment of purchase price paid – whether purchasers entitled to claim relocation expenses as consequential loss for breach of share sale agreement – turns on the facts – no questions of principle - EMPLOYMENT LAW – whether wrongful dismissal by employer's termination of contract of employment without notice – compensation in lieu of notice – reasonable period – whether purchasers entitled to claim relocation expenses as consequential loss under employment contract – turns on the facts – no questions of principle
LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act 1987
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Balog v Crestani (1975) 132 CLR 289 Baltic Shipping Co v Dillon [1993] HCA 4; (1993) 176 CLR 344 BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Hastings Shire Council (1977) 180 CLR 266 Byrne & Frew v Australian Airlines Ltd [1995] HCA 24; (1995) 185 CLR 410 CASES CITED : Carr v JA Berriman Pty Ltd (1953) 89 CLR 327 Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 2 CLR 517; (1854) 9 Exch 341 Irons v Merchant Capital Ltd (1994) 116 FLR 204 Laurinda Pty Ltd v Capalaba Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd [1989] HCA 23; (1989) 166 CLR 623 Quinn v Jack Chia (Australia) Ltd [1992] 1 VR 567 Tramways Advertising Pty Ltd v Luna Park (NSW) Ltd (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 632
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