NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Mealey v Power [2015] NSWSC 1678 Hearing dates: 10 November 2015 Date of orders: 10 November 2015 Decision date: 10 November 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Pembroke J Decision: Summons dismissed Plaintiff to pay defendant's costs Catchwords: CONTRACT – offer and acceptance – whether oral communication constituted an offer capable of acceptance WITNESSES – credibility – inutility of demeanour as a primary tool – importance of contemporaneous notes and objective facts - probabilities Cases Cited: Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118; [2003] HCA 22 Goodrich Aerospace Pty Ltd v Arsic [2006] NSWCA 187 Humphris-Clark v Lazaridis [2010] NSWSC 318 Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353 Maggbury Pty Ltd v Hafele Australia Pty Ltd [2001] HCA 70; (2001) 210 CLR 181 Ryledar Pty Ltd v Euphoric Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 65; (2007) 69 NSWLR 603 State Rail Authority of New South Wales v Earthline Constructions Pty Ltd [1999] HCA 3 at [88]; (1999) 160 ALR 588 at [88] Trawl Industries of Australia Pty Ltd v Effem Foods Pty Ltd (1992) 27 NSWLR 326 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Christopher Mealey - plaintiff Linda Power - defendant Representation: Counsel: I R Coleman SC with R O'Brien – for the plaintiff A Rogers – for the defendant
Solicitors: Jack Rigg Solicitors – for the plaintiff Mitry Lawyers – for the defendant File Number(s): 2015/224041
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