Who Ya Gonna Call Bark Busters Pty Ltd v Brooke [2013] NSWDC 133

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Who Ya Gonna Call Bark Busters Pty Ltd v Brooke [2013] NSWDC 133 Hearing dates: 26 and 27 February 2013 Decision date: 31 July 2013 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: P Taylor SC DCJ Decision: 1. Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $234,889.40 inclusive of interest. 2. Defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs. Catchwords: CONTRACT - construction - conditional promissory note - traded for shares - whether final payment received - currency - conversion date - interest Legislation Cited: Bills of Exchange Act 1909 (Cth), s 89 Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 (NSW), s 11 Reserve Bank Act 1959 (Cth), s 85A Cases Cited: Baker & Davies plc v Leslie Wilks Associates (a firm) [2005] 3 All ER 603 BHPB Freight Pty Ltd v Cosco Oceania Chartering Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 1448 Brown Boveri (Aust) Pty Ltd v Baltic Shipping Co (1989) 15 NSWLR 448 Butt v M'Donald (1896) 7 QLJ 68 Butts v O'Dwyer [1952] HCA 74; (1952) 87 CLR 267 Daewoo Australia Pty Ltd v Suncorp-Metway Ltd [2000] NSWSC 35; (2000) 48 NSWLR 692 Elmdene Estates Ltd v White [1960] AC 528 Frank Jasper Pty Ltd v Glew (No 3) [2012] WASC 24 (S) Mackay v Dick (1881) 6 App Cas 251 Macquarie International Health Clinic Pty Ltd v Sydney South West Area Health Service (No 3) [2010] NSWSC 1139 Miliangos v George Frank (Textiles) Ltd [1976] AC 443 Norsemeter Holdings AS v Boele (No 3) [2002] NSWSC 390 Sandtara Pty Ltd v Australian European Finance Corp Ltd (1990) 20 NSWLR 82 Secured Income Real Estate (Australia) Ltd v St Martins Investments Pty Ltd (1979) 144 CLR 596 Stirling v Maitland & Boyd (1864) 5 B & S 840; (1864) 122 ER 1043 The Folias [1979] AC 685 United Railways of Havana and Regla Warehouses Ltd [1961] AC 1007 White v Elmdene Estates Ltd [1959] 3 WLR 185 Texts Cited: Constitution, s 1, s 51, s 109 B B Riley, The Law Relating to Bills of Exchange in Australia, (1953) The Law Book Co of Australasia Pty Ltd F A A Russell & D S Edwards, The Law Relating to Bills of Exchange in Australia, 2nd ed (1928) The Law Book Company of Australasia Ltd G A Weaver & C R Craigie, The Law Relating to Banker and Customer in Australia, loose-leaf edition, Lawbook Co Category: Principal judgment Parties: Who Ya Gonna Call Bark Busters Pty Ltd (plaintiff) Andrew Brooke (defendant) Representation: Mr D A Smallbone (plaintiff) Mr D J Barnett (defendant) RMB Lawyers (plaintiff) TressCox Lawyers (defendant) File Number(s): 2012/251023 Publication restriction: No