ACN 142 134 076 Pty Ltd v Dimension Data Australis Pty Ltd & Maya [2013] NSWLC 30

Local Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: ACN 142 134 076 Pty Ltd v Dimension Data Australis Pty Ltd & Maya [2013] NSWLC 30 Hearing dates: 23/05/2013, 16/09/2013 Decision date: 05 November 2013 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Magistrate Bradd Decision: Verdict for the first and second defendants Catchwords: CONTRACTS - agency - whether the second defendant had ostensible authority - meaning of the term 'account manager'- whether the second defendant breached a warranty of authority - whether the plaintiff relied on the representation of the second defendant Legislation Cited: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Australian Blue Metal Limited v Hughes & Ors (1961) 79 WN (NSW) 498 Freeman and Lockyer (a firm) v Buckhurst Park Properties (Mangal) and Another [1964] 1 All ER 630 Northside Developments Pty Ltd v Registrar-General (1990) 170 CLR 146 Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas (2004) 218 CLR 451 Penn v Bristol & West Building Society & Ors [1997] 1 WLR 1356 Yonge v Toynbee [1910] 1 KB 215 Texts Cited: Bowstead W and Reynolds F.M.B., "Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency", 16th ed. (1996), Sweet & Maxwell Category: Principal judgment Parties: ACN 142 134 076 Pty Limited (formerly Virtual Learning Technologies Pty Ltd) (plaintiff) Dimension Data Australis Pty Ltd (first defendant) Terry Maya (second defendant) Representation: P Macarounas for the plaintiff D Pritchard SC for the defendants J Castrission for the plaintiff A Connolly for the defendants File Number(s): 2012/221724