Caves Beachside Cuisine Pty Limited v Boydah Pty Limited [2015] NSWSC 1273

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Caves Beachside Cuisine Pty Limited v Boydah Pty Limited [2015] NSWSC 1273 Hearing dates: 27, 28 and 29 April 2015 Decision date: 03 September 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Kunc J Decision: Judgment for plaintiff for $15,000 and proceedings otherwise dismissed Catchwords: CONTRACT – Construction and interpretation - Implied agreement to negotiate lease in good faith – Whether term to negotiate in good faith can be implied into otherwise unenforceable agreement EQUITY – Equitable estoppel – Negotiation for lease between commercial parties – Whether estoppel available when all essential terms of legal relationship not agreed INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – Confidential information – Compensation for improperly obtained list of future bookings of function centre Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Cases Cited: Aotearoa International Ltd v Scan Carriers A/S [1985] 1 NZLR 513 Austotel Pty Ltd v Franklins Selfserve Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 582 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group v Frost Holdings Pty Ltd [1989] VR 695 Australian & International Pilots Association v Qantas Airways Ltd [2008] FCA 1972; (2008) 179 IR 200 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Samptom Holdings Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 62; (2002) 117 FCR 301 Baldwin v Icon Energy Ltd [2015] QSC 12 BBB Constructions Pty Ltd v Aldi Foods Ltd (2010) NSWSC 1352 Booker Industries Pty Ltd v Wilson Parking (Qld) Pty Ltd (1982) 149 CLR 600 BP Refinery (Western Port) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 Coalcliff Collieries Pty Ltd v Sijehama Pty Ltd (1991) 24 NSWLR 1 Construction Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Doueihi [2014] NSWSC 1717 DHJPM Pty Ltd v Blackthorn Resources Ltd [2011] NSWCA 348; (2011) 83 NSWLR 728 EK Nominees Pty Ltd v Woolworths Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1172 Fink v Fink [1946] HCA 54; (1946) 74 CLR 127 Johnson v Perez [1988] HCA 64; (1988) 166 CLR 351 Sabemo Pty Ltd v North Sydney Municipal Council [1977] 2 NSWLR 880 Ice Works Pty Ltd v Queensland Ice Supplies Pty Ltd & Anor [2002] QSC 222 Silovi Pty Ltd v Barbaro (1988) 13 NSWLR 466 Strzelecki Holdings Pty Ltd v Cable Sands Pty Ltd (2010) 41 WAR 318 United Group Rail Services Ltd v Rail Corporation New South Wales [2009] NSWCA 1007; (2009) 74 NSWLR 618 Walford v Miles (1992) 2 AC 128 Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 WorldAudio v GB Radio [2003] NSWSC 855 Texts Cited: B. Coote, "Contract Formation and the Implication of Terms" (1993) 6 JCL 51 G E Dal Pont, Law of Confidentiality, LexisNexis Butterworths, Australia, 2015 N Seddon, R Bigwood and M Ellinghaus, Cheshire & Fifoot Law of Contract, 10th Australian edition, Lexisnexis Butterworths, Australia, 2012 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Caves Beachside Cuisine Pty Limited First Defendant: Boydah Pty Limited ACN 002 008 424 Second Defendant: Cebac Pty Limited ACN 132 444 930 Third Defendant: William Birkenhead Saddington Fourth Defendant: David Lees Saddington Representation: Counsel: L. Gyles SC & J. Anderson (Plaintiff) M. Ashhurst SC and D. Tynan (Defendants)