Jeffrey John McLeary -v- Martin Swift [2012] NSWSC 1403

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jeffrey John McLeary -v- Martin Swift [2012] NSWSC 1403 Hearing dates: 4 November 2012 Decision date: 21 November 2012 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Windeyer AJ Decision: Performance by defendant ordered Catchwords: CONTRACTS - contracts for the benefit of a third party - whether specific performance can be ordered - whether damages can be ordered - GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY - whether payment must be made before claiming under indemnity Cases Cited: Re A Debtor [1937] Ch 156 Re Last; Ex parte Butterell (1994) 124 ALR 219 Coulls v Bagot's Executor and Trustee Co Ltd (1967) 119 CLR 460 Beswick v Beswick [1966] Ch 538 Trident General Insurance Co Ltd v McNiece Bros Pty Ltd (1988) 165 CLR 107 The Albazero [1977] AC 774 Linden Gardens Trust Ltd v Lenesta Sludge Dispoals Ltd [1994] 1 AC 85 Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd v Panatown Ltd [2001] 1 AC 518 Texts Cited: R Meagher, D Heydon and M Leeming, Meagher, Gummow & Lehane's Equity Doctrines and Remedies (LexisNexis Butterworths, 4th ed, 2002) Edwin Peel, The Law of Contract (Sweet & Maxwell, 13th ed, 2011) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jeffrey John McLeary - Plaintiff Martin Swift - Defendant Representation: Counsel: F.C. Corsaro SC with B.C.A. Bradley - Plaintiff J.T. Johnson - Defendant Solicitors: Shotters Lawyers - Plaintiff Beazley Singleton Lawyers - Defendant File Number(s): 2011/69385