Saravinovski v Duncombe [2017] NSWSC 1521

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Saravinovski v Duncombe [2017] NSWSC 1521 Hearing dates: 3 October 2017 Date of orders: 10 November 2017 Decision date: 10 November 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The Court orders that:

(1) The appeal is dismissed.

(2) The decision of his Honour Magistrate Degnan dated 3 February 2017 is affirmed.

(3) The further amended summons filed19 May 2017 is dismissed.

(4) The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs on an ordinary basis. Catchwords: APPEALS – Local Court – whether grounds of appeal are satisfied contract – construction of oral contract – implied terms – failure to consider oral term – Browne v Dunn inference – no error in reasons of Magistrate – appeal dismissed – no point of principle Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 100 Local Court Act 2007 (NSW), ss 39, 40 and 41 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.1 and 42.2 Cases Cited: AAP Industries Pty Ltd v Rehau Pte Ltd [2017] NSWSC 39 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Hastings Shire Council (1977) 16 ALR 363 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 Codelfa Construction Pty Limited v State Rail Authority (NSW) (1982) 149 CLR 337 County Securities Pty Ltd v Challenger Group Holdings Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 193 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640 Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41 John Holland Pty Limited v Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 451 Lym International Pty Ltd v Marcolongo [2011] NSWCA 303 Mitchell v Cullingral Pty Ltd [2012] NSWCA 389 Re Centura Global Holdings Pty Ltd [2016] NSWCA 62 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Louie Saravinovski (Appellant) Roderick Bruce Duncombe t/as All State Investigations (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: C Carter (Plaintiff) D Maddox (Defendant)