Hays International College Pty Ltd and Joshua Cheng v Quikfund (Australia) Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 869

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hays International College Pty Ltd and Joshua Cheng v Quikfund (Australia) Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 869 Hearing dates: 14 November 2013 Decision date: 30 June 2014 Before: R S Hulme A J Decision: Appeal allowed; (ii) Set aside the orders of Magistrate Bradd made on 14 May 2013 in proceedings 2012/34204 in the Local Court at Downing Centre; (iii) Remit those proceedings to the Local Court for rehearing by a magistrate other than Mr Bradd; (iv) Order the Defendant in this Court to pay the Plaintiff's costs of and incidental to this appeal. Catchwords: Agency - sufficiency of evidence of show - goods vendor and financier. Cases Cited: Branwhite v Worcester Finance Ltd. (1969) 1 AC 552 Con-Stan Industries of Australia Pty Ltd v Norwich Winterthur Insurance (Australia) Ltd (1985-6) 160 CLR 226 Crabtree-Vickers Pty Ltd v Australian Direct Mail Advertising (1975) 133 CLR 72 Custom Credit Corporation v Lynch [1993] 2 VR 469 Custom Credit Corporation v Luff (unreported, Victorian Full Court, 27 November 1990) Flexirent Capital Pty Ltd v EBS Consulting Pty Ltd & Ors [2007] VSC 158 Kreglinger v New Patagonia Meat and Cold Storage Company Limited (1914) AC 25 Mercantile Credit Co Ltd v Hamblin [1965] 2 QB 242 Millennium Support Computer Solutions Pty Ltd v Axsiom Australia Pty Ltd and Quikfund (Australia) Pty Ltd (Magistrates Court of Victoria, 4 August 2010) NMFM Property Pt Ltd v Citibank Ltd (No 10) (2000) 107 FCR 270 North Australian Cement Limited v FC of T (1989) 89 ATC 4,765 Octapon Pty Ltd & Ors v Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd (unreported, Cole J, 3 February 1989) Perpetual Trustees v Schmidt and Anor [2010] VSC 67 Quikfund (Australia) Pty Ltd v Prosperity Group International Pty Ltd (in liq) [2013] FCAFC 5 Quikfund (Australia) Pty Ltd v Chatswood Appliance Spare Parts Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 646 Sherberry Pty Ltd v Quikfund (Australia) Pty Ltd [2012] VCAT 1798 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Hays International College Pty Ltd - First Plaintiff Joshua Cheng - Second Plaintiff Quickfund (Australia) Pty Ltd - Defendant Representation: Counsel: Mr D Carlile - First and Second Plaintiffs Solicitors: C Tang & Associates -First and Second Plaintiffs David Simons, SR Law - Defendant File Number(s): 2013/175061