Righi v Kissane Family Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 238

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Righi v Kissane Family Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 238 Hearing dates: 1 July 2015 Date of orders: 18 August 2015 Decision date: 18 August 2015 Before: Ward JA at [1]; Emmett JA at [2]; Gleeson JA at [99] Decision: 1 Appeal allowed.

2 Orders made by Lindsay J on 22 April 2015 be set aside, and in lieu thereof, there be orders that:

(a) there be judgment for the fourth defendant and the fifth, sixth and seventh defendants; and

(b) the plaintiff pay the costs of the fifth, sixth and seventh defendants.

3 The first respondent pay the appellants' costs of the appeal. Catchwords: CONTRACT – construction – whether a clause of a deed providing for the repayment of a loan should be construed as limiting the funds from which such repayment would be made Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 100 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 28.2 Cases Cited: Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW [1982] HCA 24; 149 CLR 337 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd [2014] HCA 7; 251 CLR 640 Franklins Pty Ltd v Metcash Trading Ltd [2009] NSWCA 407; 76 NSWLR 603 Goss v Lord Nugent (1833) 5 B & Ad 58; 110 ER 713 Kissane Family Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Kissane Family Trust v Burns [2015] NSWSC 423 Mainteck Services Pty Ltd v Stein Heurtey SA [2014] NSWCA 184 Masterton Homes Pty Ltd v Palm Assets Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 234 NZI Capital Corporation Pty Ltd v Child (1991) 23 NSWLR 481 Oceanbulk Shipping and Trading SA v TMT Asia Ltd [2011] 1 AC 662 Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust v South Sydney City Council [2002] HCA 5; 240 CLR 45 Texts Cited: JW Carter, The Construction of Commercial Contracts (Hart Publishing, 2013) Robert McDougall, "Construction of Contracts: The High Court's Approach" (Paper delivered at the Commercial Law Association Judges' Series, 26 June 2015) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Sam Righi (First Appellant) Alan Fleming (Second Appellant) Rodney Stewart (Third Appellant) Kissane Family Pty Ltd (First Respondent) Trinity Sports & Events Management Pty Ltd ACN 143 090 626 (in liq) (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G Lucarelli (Appellants) V Bedrossian (First Respondent)