AMC Commercial Cleaning (NSW) Pty Ltd v Coade (No. 3) [2010] NSWSC 1428

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : AMC Commercial Cleaning (NSW) Pty Ltd v Coade (No. 3) [2010] NSWSC 1428

HEARING DATE(S) : 22 November 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 9 December 2010

JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Rein J

1. AMC National's refusal to consent to the ACT sub-master franchise was a breach of the MFA. DECISION : 2. Defendants to pay the plaintiff's costs of these further proceedings. 3. Plaintiff to bring in Short Minutes of Order in respect of any ancillary orders required.

CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS - general contractual principles - construction and interpretation of contracts - whether Master Franchise Agreement granted power to master franchisee to enter into ACT sub-master franchise agreement - whether MFA itself permitted sub-master franchises - whether amendment to manual and incorporation of manual into MFA resulted in sub-master franchises being permitted - whether amendment to manual valid under cl 17.3 of MFA

CATEGORY : Separate question

AMC Commercial Cleaning (NSW) Pty Ltd v Coade [2010] NSWSC 832 AMC Commercial Cleaning (NSW) Pty Ltd v Coade (No. 2) [2010] NSWSC 1179 CASES CITED : Franklins Pty Ltd v Metcash Trading Ltd (2009) 264 ALR 15 Glebe Island Terminals Pty Ltd v Continental Seagram Pty Ltd (1993) 40 NSWLR 206 The Glendarroch [1894] P 226

AMC Commercial Cleaning (NSW) Pty Ltd (plaintiff) PARTIES : Stephen Keith Coade (first defendant) Australian Maintenance and Cleaning Pty Ltd (second defendant)

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2009/289426

COUNSEL : T A Alexis SC (plaintiff) M A Ashhurst SC, M Seelig (defendants)