Garrick Michael Hawkins v Tom Michael Oates [2015] NSWSC 571

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Garrick Michael Hawkins v Tom Michael Oates [2015] NSWSC 571 Hearing dates: 20 and 21 April 2015 Date of orders: 15 May 2015 Decision date: 15 May 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Rein J Decision: See [63] Catchwords: EQUITY- Settlement agreement reached by parties in earlier proceedings - Defendant (in these proceedings) had entered into a Funding Agreement for examination summonses of defendants - Alleged breach of the general release term of the settlement agreement - Alleged breach of implied duty of good faith - Misleading and deceptive conduct claims - Whether loss or damage as a result of impugned conduct established Legislation Cited: Australian Consumer Law (Sch 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Cases Cited: Banque Bruxelles Lambert SA v Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 191 Blacker v National Australia Bank Ltd [2001] FCA 254 Blatch v Archer (1774) 98 ER 969 Chappel v Hart [1998] HCA 55; (1998) 195 CLR 232 Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd [1991] HCA 54; (1991) 174 CLR 64 Ellis v Wallsend District Hospital (1989) 17 NSWLR 553 General Newspapers Pty Ltd v Telstra Corp (1993) 45 FCR 164 Hampton Court Ltd v Crooks (1957) 97 CLR 367 Howe v Teefy (1927) 27 SR (NSW) 301 Johnson v Perez (1988) 166 CLR 351 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Lam v Ausintel Investments Aust Pty Ltd (1990) ATPR 40-990 LMI Australasia Pty Ltd v Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Ltd [2003] NSWCA 74 Macquarie International Health Clinic Pty Ltd v Sydney South West Area Health Service [2010] NSWCA 268 Malabar RSL Sub-Branch Club Pty Ltd v RSL Custodians Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1016 McCrohon v Harith [2010] NSWCA 67 Miller & Associates Insurance Broking Pty Ltd v BMW Australia Finance Ltd [2010] HCA 31; (2010) 241 CLR 357 NCON Australia Ltd v Spotlight Pty Ltd [2012] VSC 604 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434 Sellars v Adelaide Petroleum NL; Poseidon Ltd v Adelaide Petroleum NL [1994] HCA 4; (1994) 179 CLR 332 South Australia v Johnson (1982) 42 ALR 161 Tomasetti v Brailey [2012] NSWCA 399 Traderight (NSW) Pty Ltd v Bank of Queensland Ltd [2015] NSWCA 94 UBAF Ltd v European American Banking Corporation [1984] QB 713 Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia [1992] HCA 55; (1992) 109 ALR 247 Texts Cited: N/A Category: Principal judgment Parties: Michael Garrick Hawkins (First Plaintiff) Evelyn Hawkins (Third Plaintiff) Pegela Pty Ltd (Fifth Plaintiff) Tom Michael Oates (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D.B Studdy SC/ K.C Morgan (First, Third and Fifth Plaintiffs) A.J Sullivan QC/ A.M Hochroth (Defendant)