T & DC Pty Limited v Workforce Clothing Pty Limited [2015] NSWSC 1731

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: T & DC Pty Limited v Workforce Clothing Pty Limited [2015] NSWSC 1731 Hearing dates: 23 October 2014 Date of orders: 05 November 2015 Decision date: 05 November 2015 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: McCallum J Decision: Appeal dismissed with costs. Catchwords: APPEAL – civil – Local Court – conventional estoppel – costs – Local Court Practice Note Civ 1 –– the trouble with the law (there is too much of it) Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), ss 39, 40 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ada Evans Chambers Pty Ltd v Santisi [2014] NSWSC 538 Commonwealth v Verwayen ("Voyager case") [1990] HCA 39; 170 CLR 394 Legione v Hateley (1983) 152 CLR 406 Moratic Pty Limited v Laurence James Gordon [2007] NSWSC 5 Ryledar Pty Ltd v Euphoric Pty Ltd (2007) 69 NSWLR 603 Waterman v Gerling Australia Insurance Company Ptd Limited [2005] NSWSC 1066; 65 NSWLR 300 Texts Cited: Coke on Littleton (2nd ed, London, 1629) Handley AO, K R, Estoppel by Conduct and Election (2006, Sweet & Maxwell) Mason, The Hon Sir Anthony, "Contract, Good Faith and Equitable Standards in Fair Dealing" (2000) 116 Law Quarterly Review 66 Young, Peter, Clyde Croft and Megan Smith, On Equity (2009, Thomson Reuters) Category: Principal judgment Parties: T & DC Pty Limited (plaintiff) Workforce Clothing Pty Limited (defendant) Representation: Counsel: C Alexander (plaintiff) D Tynan (defendant)