Carnelya Pty Ltd v Freight Services Forwarding Pty Ltd

[1986] FCA 421

A p s l 1 c a n t

COURT:	NOETHROP J.
D=:	1 AUGUST 1986
FLACE :	MELEOURNE

EX TEMFORE ED.SONS F l jR JUDGPEXT

I n April 1386. Frelyht: Servlces Forwarding Pty.

Ltd. wrote to i t s .:ustomer=, including at l e a s t a number of

customers ipei . i l ied In e x h i b i t FC4, some nf which a t l e a s t

were I n V i c t o r i a , a l e t t e r i n zubstance saying or n o t l f y i n 7

the cus tomers tha t : -

". . . Fre:g?Lt SF~-V:~:FS Forxardlny Ft : j . L t d . acd

Halford Young= Fty. Ltd. wlll cornhlne t h e l r Sydney

and Melbou-ne operations dur:r.~ . i p r l l 1?8G.

Tr,e move h a s p u s l t l v e i m p l l c a t i c n s Cor GUC Joint

c l l s n t e l e . F r e i g h t S e r v i c e s w l r h ~ t l n t s r n a t l o n a l s

spread of Forwardlng off ices x l s h e d I n lncr?ase t h e

slze of Its presence i n Australia; Halfords wlth

l t s malar share of t h e Customs Clearing market

recagnlzed the need t o become moot-? lnvnlved I n

In t e rna t iona l F re igh t Fo rward ing .

These i n t e g r a t e d operations w i l l nox h3ve the

resources t o b r i n g you t h e b e n e f l t s of a l l t h e

technologlca l advances cur ren t ly t ak ing place In

In terna t iona l Forwarding and Customs Clearing

whllst r e t a in ing t he xpe r l enced pe r sona l service

you have en~oyed I n t h e p a s t .

Subsequently, a foliow~ng l e t t e r was sent $3n 14 May

1936. I t 1 s of slmllar t y p e t o t h e f l r s t l e t t e r and enclosed

a ; t a n d a d l e t t e r of a u t h o r i t y t o be signed by proapec t lve

customers.

I t 1s d i f f i c u l t C O sze t he bas13 upon whlch thcsse

claims can be made. There 1 s nothing to suggest on the face

rJf t h e l e t t e r s t h a t they a r e r e p r e s e n t i n g t h a t h s y i n f a c t

a r e c a r r y l n g on t h e b u s l n e s s ar have an a f f i l i a t l o n wlth the

company which as gone :n to l iqu ida t ion . I n my \zpinlon, the

l e t t e r s of 7 A p r i l and 14 May do no t have tha t imp l i ca t ion m

t h r - m . I n any event, there is n o evidence tha t tihe

sccond-named respondent ha: s e n t l e t t e r s to former .:ilents af

Indo-Atlanclc Frei33ht tAuztralla) Fty . Ltd. F u r k h e r . I can

zee no r e s s u n a t a l l an the materla1 b e f o r e me, wh3- l t ,:an be

s a d t h a t k i x ? a p 9 l i c a n t has znjr ? x . r l u ~ i - ; r rigt,t t o t h z s ?

llsts of customet-S s ~ f t he Indo-At lan t ic Fre lght (Australra)

Fty. L t d .

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