Snapperhead Productions Pty Ltd v Qantas Airways Limited [2013] NSWLC 8

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Snapperhead Productions Pty Ltd v Qantas Airways Limited [2013] NSWLC 8 Hearing dates: 24/04/2013 Decision date: 26 June 2013 Before: Magistrate O'Brien Decision: i.Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $13,875, plus ii.Pre judgment interest pursuant to section 100 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 from 8 December 2010, plus iii.Filing and service fees, plus iv.I will hear the parties on the question of costs Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEEDINGS - Trade Practices Act - misleading and deceptive conduct - representations and non-disclosure/silence - no need for non-disclosure/silence to be intentional under Trade Practices Act - agreed facts - Civil Aviation (Carriers Liability) Act Legislation Cited: Civil Aviation (Carriers Liability) Act 1959 (Cth) Civil Procedure Act 2005 Evidence Act 1995 Local Court Act 2007 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Cases Cited: Agtrack (NT) Pty Ltd v Hatfield (2005) 223 CLR 251 CCP Australian Airships Ltd v Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd [2004] VSCA 232 Coleman v Gordon M Jenkins and Associates [1988] FCA 393 Global Sportsman Pty Ltd v Mirror Newspapers Pty Ltd (1984) 2 FCR 82 Greco v Bendigo Machinery Pty Ltd (1985) ATPR 40-521 Green v AMP Financial Planning Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 1164 Rhone-Poulenc Agrochimie SA v UIM Chemical Services Pty Ltd (1986) 12 FCR 477 Sidhu v British Airways [1997] AC 430 Tillmans Butcheries Pty Ltd v Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (1979) 42 FLR 331 Townsend v Collova [2005] WASC 4 Texts Cited: Principles of Contract Law (Paterson, Robertson and Duke, 3rd Edition, 2009) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Snapperhead Productions Pty Ltd Qantas Airways Limited Representation: Mr S O'Brien (for the plaintiff) Mr N Kirby (for the defendant) Murdoch Spinks Solicitors (for the plaintiff) Norton Rose Lawyers (for the defendant) File Number(s): 2012/00279327