Lin v Solomon [2017] NSWCA 328

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Lin v Solomon [2017] NSWCA 328 Hearing dates: 22 September 2017 Date of orders: 15 December 2017 Decision date: 15 December 2017 Before: Meagher JA at [1] Payne JA at [2] White JA at [126] Decision: (1) Appeal allowed in part.

(2) Set aside order 2 entered on 16 December 2016 and in lieu thereof order:

(a) The appellant pay the respondents the sum of $602,178.35 plus interest from 16 December 2016.

(3) The appellant to pay the costs of the respondents in this Court as agreed or assessed.

Registrar of this Court is directed to remove the erroneous entry made on 7 December 2016 and recorded in JusticeLink by the District Court Registry staff. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – procedural fairness – bias – apprehended bias – whether primary judge should have recused herself

EVIDENCE – whether primary judge erred in admitting evidence about unpaid rent and outgoings – letter of demand tendered by appellant for non-hearsay purpose – effect of s 60 of the Evidence Act – business record – s 69 of the Evidence Act

CONTRACTS — guarantee - misleading or deceptive conduct – whether representations made – whether reliance on representations Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) Cases Cited: Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 (HL) Dee-Tech Pty Ltd & Anor v Neddam Holdings Pty Limited [2010] NSWCA 374 Demagogue Pty Ltd v Ramensky [1992] FCA 851 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337; [2000] HCA 63 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640; [2014] HCA 7 Ellis v R [2015] NSWCCA 262 Galea v Galea (1990) 19 NSWLR 263 Gigi Entertainment Pty Ltd v Schmidt [2013] NSWCA 287 Gould v Vaggelas (1985) 157 CLR 215; [1984] HCA 68 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298; [1959] HCA 8 Karacominakis v Big Country Developments Pty Ltd [2000] NSWCA 313 Limited v GWA Limited (1983) 78 FCR 1717 at 179; [1983] FCA 269 Luxer Holdings Pty Ltd v Glentham Pty Ltd [2007] WASCA 209 Michael Wilson & Partners Limited v Nicholls (2011) 244 CLR 427; [2011] HCA 48 R v T, WA [2014] SASCFC 3; (2014) 118 SASR 382 Re Bill Acceptance Corporation Limited v GWA Limited (1983) 78 FLR 171 at 179; [1983] FCA 269 Royal Guardian Mortgage Management Pty Ltd v Nguyen [2016] NSWCA 88 Texts Cited: None Category: Principal judgment Parties: Xi Yue Lin (Appellant)