Capital Securities No. 1 Pty Ltd v Roger Saliba [2016] NSWSC 1093

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Capital Securities No. 1 Pty Ltd v Roger Saliba [2016] NSWSC 1093 Hearing dates: 14 June 2016 Date of orders: 19 August 2016 Decision date: 19 August 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Garling J Decision: (1) Parties to bring in Short Minutes of Order. (2) Proceedings adjourned to 9.30am on 25 August 2016 for further directions. Catchwords: CONTRACT – formation – offer and acceptance – email correspondence regarding settlement of dispute – where parties agreed on terms in email correspondence but did not execute formal document – whether the parties reached a binding agreement to settle the dispute – whether the subsequent conduct of the parties was consistent with the existence of a binding agreement

PROCEDURE – civil – cross-claim – Notice of Motion seeking declaration of settlement of cross-claim Legislation Cited: Not Applicable Cases Cited: Air Great Lakes Pty Ltd v K S Easter (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1985) 2 NSWLR 309 B Seppelt & Sons Ltd v Commissioner for Main Roads (1975) 1 BPR 9147 Barrier Wharfs Ltd v W. Scott Fell & Co. Ltd [1908] HCA 88; (1908) 5 CLR 647 Baulkham Hills Private Hospital Pty Ltd v G R Securities Ltd (1986) 40 NSWLR 622 Brambles Holdings Ltd v Bathurst City Council [2001] NSWCA 61; (2001) 53 NSWLR 153 G R Securities Pty Ltd v Baulkham Hills Private Hospital Pty Ltd (1986) 40 NSWLR 631 Howard Smith & Co Ltd v Varawa [1907] HCA 38; (1907) 5 CLR 68 Howe v Connell [1997] NSWSC 432 Hughes v NM Superannuation Pty Ltd (1993) 29 NSWLR 653 Love & Stewart v S Instone & Co (1917) 33 TLR 475 Masters v Cameron [1954] HCA 72; (1954) 91 CLR 353 Sinclair, Scott & Co v Naughton [1929] HCA 34; (1929) 43 CLR 310 Texts Cited: Not Applicable Category: Consequential orders (other than Costs) Parties: Roger Saliba Roger Saliba Pty Ltd (Cross-claimants) Tony Mitry Linda Mitry (Cross-Defendants) Representation: Counsel: A Rodgers (Cross-claimants) A Hourigan (Cross-defendants)