Khabiya t/as Samso Wall Printing v Sachdeva & Ors [2019] NSWDC 431

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Khabiya t/as Samso Wall Printing v Sachdeva & Ors [2019] NSWDC 431 Hearing dates: 31 July 2019, 1 – 2 & 16 August 2019 Date of orders: 22 August 2019 Decision date: 22 August 2019 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 282. Catchwords: CONTRACT – supply of wall printing machinery – breach of contract – existence of oral contract –whether damage was caused.

DAMAGES – breach of warranty – loss of profits – cost of rectification – reliance damages.

TRADE PRACTICES – misleading or deceptive conduct – whether pre-contractual representations were made – whether the misrepresentations were false, misleading or deceptive – whether statement about "quality" of product actionable representation or 'puffery' – ancillary liability – whether agent directly liable for any misrepresentation – whether agent can only be liable as accessory for misleading or deceptive conduct – reliance.

ESTOPPEL– whether estoppel lies in respect to verbal guarantee that is unenforceable for non-compliance with requirement of writing. Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW). Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Evidence Act 1995(NSW) Fair Trading Act 1999 (Vic) Sale of Goods Act 1895 (WA) Statute of Frauds 1677 (Imp) Cases Cited: ACCC v TPG Internet Pty Ltd (2013) 250 CLR 640 ACCC v Valve Corporation (No.3) [2016] FCA 196 ACCC v Valve Corporation [2017] FCAFC 224 Ankar Pty Ltd v National Westminster Finance (Aust) Pty Ltd (1987) 162 CLR 549 Beaton v Moore Acceptance Corp Pty Ltd (1959) 104 CLR 107 Bellgrove v Eldridge (1954) 90 CLR 613 BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 592 Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd (1995) 185 CLR 410 Campbell v Backoffice Investments Pty Ltd (2009) 238 CLR 304 Campomar Sociedad, Limitada v Nike International Ltd (2000) 202 CLR 45 Coal Cliff Collieries Ltd v Sijehama Pty Ltd (1991) 24 NSWLR 1 Commonwealth of Australia v Amann Aviation Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 Con-Stan Industries of Australia Pty Ltd v Norwich Winterthur Insurance (Australia) Ltd (1986) 160 CLR 226 Foran v Wight (1989) 168 CLR 385 Forrest v ASIC [2012] HCA 39 General Newspapers Pty Ltd v Telstra Corp (1993) 45 FCR 164 Gould v Vaggelas (1985) 157 CLR 215 Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 156 ER 145 Heimann v The Commonwealth (1938) SR (NSW) 691 Henville v Walker (2001) 206 CLR 459 Heydon v NRMA Ltd (2000) 51 NSWLR 1 Houghton v Arms (2006) 225 CLR 553 Kenny & Good Pty Ltd v MGICA (1992) Ltd (1999) 199 CLR 413 Magennis v Fallon (1828) LR 2 Ir 167 Marks v GIO Australia Holdings Ltd (1998) 196 CLR 494 Mondel v Steel (1881) 151 ER 1288 Petty v Penfold Wines Pty Ltd (1994) 49 FCR 282 Qantas Airways Ltd v Gama (2008) 167 FCR 537 Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434 Smith v Land and House Property Corp (1884) 28 Ch D 7 Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Bowen Investments Pty Ltd (2009) 236 CLR 272 TC Industrial Plant Pty Ltd v Robert's Queensland Pty Ltd (1963) 37 ALJR 289 Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 Watson v Foxman (2000) 49 NSWLR 315 Texts Cited: Australian Consumer Law K.R Handley, 'Exploring New and Old Ideas about Estoppel and Election' (2019) 93 ALJ 594 at 596 Meagher Gummow & Lehane's Equity: Doctrines and Remedies, (5th ed) Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure (NSW) Sutton, Sales and Consumer Law (4th ed), LBC 1995) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mr Khabiya (Plaintiff) Mr Sachdeva (First Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr C Carter (Plaintiff) Mr J Mack (First and Third Defendant)