QUIJIAO LIU & ANOR -V- YUQING XIAO & ORS [2020] NSWSC 289

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: QUIJIAO LIU & ANOR -V- YUQING XIAO & ORS [2020] NSWSC 289 Hearing dates: 11, 19 February 2020 Decision date: 25 March 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Expedition List Before: Sackar J Decision: See paras [103], [105]-[106], [110] and [111] Catchwords: CONTRACTS – Formation – Evidence relevant to whether parties entered into agreements – Where agreements partly written and partly oral

CONTRACTS – Construction – Identification of terms – Where agreements partly written and partly oral –Reliance on contemporaneous documentation Legislation Cited: N/A Cases Cited: Advanced National Services Pty Ltd v Daintree Contractors Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 270 Brambles Holdings Ltd v Bathurst City Council (2001) 53 NSWLR 153 County Securities Pty Ltd v Challenger Group Holdings Pty Lts [2008] NSWCA 193 Diransson Pty Ltd v Hassan El Dirani [2019] NSWSC 617 Ecosse Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Gee Dee Nominees Pty Ltd [2017] HCA 12 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118 John Holland Pty Ltd v Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 45 1 Masterton Homes Pty Ltd v Palm Assets Pty Ltd (2009) 261 ALR 382 Mount Bruce Mining Pty Limited v Wright Prospecting Pty Limited (S99/2015; S102/2015) (2015) 256 CLR 104 Watson v Foxman (1995) NSWLR 49 Texts Cited: n/a Category: Principal judgment Parties: Qiujiao Liu (first plaintiff) Rongda Ji (second plaintiff) Ming Chen (third plaintiff) Yuqing Xiao (first defendant) Xin Zhou (second defendant) Fujian Xingxing Restaurants Pty Ltd (ACN 6618 093 020) (third defendant) Zhen Chi Chen (fourth defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr Garry McGrath SC (plaintiffs) Ms Elizabeth Cohen (defendants)