NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: BestCare Foods Ltd v Origin Energy LPG Ltd (formerly Boral Gas (NSW) Pty Ltd) [2013] NSWSC 1287 Hearing dates: 19 - 22 August 2013 Decision date: 10 September 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Damages to be awarded for lost profits Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - civil - judgments and orders - remitter from Court of Appeal to assess damages for lost profits - ambit of remitter
DAMAGES - torts - negligence - lost profits - whether there has been a loss of a chance or opportunity of real or not negligible value to derive profits from certain commercial relationships - appropriate discount to reflect vicissitudes Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: BestCare Foods Ltd v Origin Energy LPG Ltd (formerly Boral Gas (NSW) Pty Ltd) [2011] NSWSC 908 BestCare Foods Ltd v Origin Energy LPG Ltd [2012] NSWSC 574 BestCare Foods Ltd v Origin Energy LPG Ltd (formerly Boral Gas (NSW) Pty Ltd) [2013] NSWCA 285 Burger King Corp v Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 187; (2001) 69 NSWLR 558 Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1992) 174 CLR 64 Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd v Burger King Corp [1999] NSWSC 1029 Jones v Schiffmann (1971) 124 CLR 303 Malec v JC Hutton Pty Ltd [1990] HCA 20; (1990) 169 CLR 638 Manuel v Lane [2013] NSWCA 61 Origin Energy LPG Ltd (formerly Boral Gas (NSW) Pty Ltd) v BestCare Foods Ltd [2013] NSWCA 90 Origin Energy LPG Ltd (formerly Boral Gas (NSW) Pty Ltd) v BestCare Foods Ltd [2013] NSWCA 229 Origin Energy LPG Ltd v BestCare Foods Ltd [2012] NSWCA 407 Price Higgins & Fidge v Drysdale [1996] 1 VR 346 Sellars v Adelaide Petroleum NL [1994] HCA 4; (1994) 179 CLR 332 Sensis Pty Ltd v McMaster-Fay [2005] NSWCA 163 Tabet v Gett [2010] HCA 12; (2010) 240 CLR 537 Troulis v Vamvoukakis [1998] NSWCA 237 Category: Principal judgment Parties: BestCare Foods Ltd (first plaintiff) BestCare Food (Sales) Pty Ltd (second plaintiff) Origin Energy LPG Ltd (formerly Boral Gas (NSW) Pty Ltd) (first defendant) Origin Energy Retail Ltd (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: M L Williams SC with S A Lawrance (plaintiffs) N C Hutley SC with E G Romaniuk and R D Glover (defendants) Solicitors: McCabes Lawyers (plaintiffs) Dibbs Barker Lawyers (defendants) File Number(s): SC 2005/270917 Publication restriction: Nil
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