Kerry Albert Pty Ltd t/as Kerry Albert & Co v Fuller [2018] NSWDC 254

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Kerry Albert Pty Ltd t/as Kerry Albert & Co v Fuller [2018] NSWDC 254 Hearing dates: 16 August 2018 Date of orders: 07 September 2018 Decision date: 07 September 2018 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Dicker SC DCJ Decision: (1) Judgment for the plaintiff against the defendants. (2) The parties are to bring in agreed Short Minutes of Order within seven days for the judgment amount together with any applicable interest. (3) The Notice of Motion filed 19 July 2018 is otherwise dismissed. (4) The defendants are to pay the plaintiff's costs of the Notice of Motion filed 19 July 2018 as agreed or assessed. (5) Leave is granted to the parties to apply to vary the costs order in paragraph (4). (6) The exhibit on the application is to be returned after 28 days. (7) Liberty to the parties to apply to the Associate to Dicker SC DCJ on three business days' notice. Catchwords: Contract – whether the parties entered into a binding agreement at a mediation – whether any agreement reached was conditional on the agreement being recorded in an executed deed – implied actual and ostensible authority of defendants' solicitor – whether the plaintiff by its solicitor was entitled to rely on the implied actual and/or ostensible authority of the defendants' then solicitor – relevant category in Masters v Cameron – ratification by defendants of solicitor's acts Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Australian Medico-Legal Group Pty Ltd v Claireleigh Mosman Pty Ltd [2017] NSWCA 218 Brambles Holdings Ltd v Bathurst City Council (2001) 53 NSWLR 153 Caringbah Investments Pty Ltd v Caringbah Business & Sports Club Ltd (In Liquidation) [2016] NSWCA 165 Cassar v New South Wales Crime Commission [2014] NSWCA 356; (2014) 87 NSWLR 383 Donellan v Watson (1990) 21 NSWLR 335 Ecosse Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Gee Dee Nominees Pty Ltd [2017] HCA 12 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640; [2014] HCA 7 Fabre v Arenales (1992) 27 NSWLR 437 Feldman v GMN Australia Ltd [2017] NSWCA 107 Jones v Dunkel [1959] HCA 8; (1959) 101 CLR 298 Leybourne v Permanent Custodians Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 78 Masters v Cameron [1954] HCA 72; (1954) 91 CLR 353 Newell v De Costi [2018] NSWCA 49 Pavlovic v Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd [2015] NSWCA 313 Payne v Parker [1976] 1 NSWLR 191 The Owners Strata Plan No 57164 v Yau [2016] NSWSC 1056 The Owners Strata Plan No 57164 v Yau [2017] NSWCA 341 Yangdo Pty Ltd v Equiti Group Pty Ltd [2017] NSWDC 277 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Kerry Albert Pty Ltd t/as Kerry Albert & Co (Plaintiff) Eric Andrew Fuller (First Defendant) Andrew Simon John Fuller (Second Defendant) Fuller Holdings International Pty Ltd (Third Defendant) Bellingen Management Pty Ltd (Fourth Defendant) Tradebase International Pty Ltd (Fifth Defendant) Sunway Solar Australia Pty Ltd (Sixth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Hall (Plaintiff) P Sim (Solicitor) (Defendants)