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Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Singh v De Castro; Dhaliwal v De Castro; Brar v De Castro [2017] NSWCA 241 Hearing dates: 5 September 2017 Decision date: 22 September 2017 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Gleeson JA at [2]; Sackville AJA at [3] Decision: Matter No 2016/277163 Appeal dismissed with costs.
Matter No 2016/285497 Appeal dismissed with costs.
Matter No 2016/287642 Appeal dismissed with costs. Catchwords: CONTRACTS – whether primary Judge correct to find that the appellants signed a loan agreement in a form incorporating a guarantee – whether persons named as guarantor signed merely as witnesses or whether they signed in their personal capacity Legislation Cited: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 127(1)
Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW) Evidence Act 1898 (NSW), s 36 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 51
Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 51.53(1) Cases Cited: Adami v The Queen (1959) 108 CLR 605; [1959] HCA 70 Clark Equipment Credit of Australia Ltd v Kiyose Holdings Pty Ltd (1989) 21 NSWLR 160 De Castro v New Ridge Property Group Pty Ltd [2016] NSWDC 246 Dunn v Brown (1911) 12 SR (NSW) 22 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118; [2003] HCA 22 Harris v Burrell and Family Pty Ltd [2010] SASCFC 12 Hoy Mobile Pty Ltd v Allphones Retail Pty Ltd (2008) 167 FCR 314; [2008] FCA 369 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; [1959] HCA 8 Mack v Lenton (1993) 32 NSWLR 259 NEC Information Systems Australia Pty Ltd v Linton (1985) NSW ConvR 55-240 R v Hannes [2000] NSWCCA 503; (2000) 158 FLR 359 Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society v Reg Austin Insurances Pty Ltd (1985) 9 ACLR 909 Singh v De Castro [2017] NSWCA 130 Urquhart v Butterfield (1887) 37 Ch D 357 Wendt v Lind; ex parte Lind [1913] St R Qd 240 Texts Cited: JD Heydon, Cross on Evidence (10th Aust ed 2015, LexisNexis) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Matter No. 2016/277163 Harjit Singh (First Appellant) Moninderjit Singh (Second Appellant) Mandhir Singh Sandha (Third Appellant) Ignacio De Castro (First Respondent) Leticia De Castro (Second Respondent)
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