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H & Q Café Pty Ltd v Melbourne Café Pty Ltd

Case [2022] VCC 1017

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AGLC: H & Q Café Pty Ltd v Melbourne Café Pty Ltd [2022] VCC 1017
Case: [2022] VCC 1017
Decision Date: 8 July 2022

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H & Q Café Pty Ltd v Melbourne Café Pty Ltd [2022] VCC 1017

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H & Q Cafe Pty Ltd v Melbourne Cafe Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] VCC 1158

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Citation 2 (Para 5)

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Citation 3 (Para 7)

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Citation 4 (Para 10)

…portant respects, the plaintiffs’ valuation evidence is conclusory and lacks cogency.[53] [53]See H & Q Café Pty Ltd v Melbourne Café Pty Ltd (2023) 72 VR 53, 84-5 [148]-[149] (Niall JA, Kennedy JA and Forrest AJA).…
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Citation 5

…the plaintiff nominal damages in the sum of $100 for the breach of contractual warranty claim. [1] H & Q Café Pty Ltd v Melbourne Café Pty Ltd [2022] VCC 1017 2The parties were directed to confer and file a minute of proposed orders or, failing agreement, to file and serve submissions regarding the orders to be m…

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Citation 2

…] FCA 588 at [128], [132]-[133] (Steward J), approved by the Full Court in Flightdeck Geelong Pty Ltd v All Options Pty Ltd [2020] FCAFC 138 [72] I & L Securities Pty Ltd v HTW Valuers (Brisbane) Pty Ltd (2002) 210 CLR 109 at 128 [57] (Gaudron, Gummow and Hayne JJ); see also 119 [25] (Gleeson CJ) 113The plaintiff s…
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Citation 7

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Citation 8

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Citation 9

…td v CAT Enterprises Pty Ltd [2019] VSCA 136; Kizbeau Pty Ltd v WG & B Pty Ltd (1995) 184 CLR 281; Lord Buddha Pty Ltd (in liq) v Harpur (2013) 41 VR 159; South Australia Asset Management Corporation v York Montague [1997] AC 191; Radferry Pty Ltd v Starborne Holdings Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 1689; Rozenblit v Vainer [20…
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Citation 10

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Sanguine Technology Pty Ltd v Abacus Calculators (WA) Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 279
Citation 11

…rne Holdings Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 1689; Rozenblit v Vainer [2019] VSCA 283; Sanguine Technology Pty Ltd v Abacus Calculations (WA) Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 279; SF Cosentino Pty Ltd v Glendining [2020] VSCA 149…
Campbell v Backoffice Investments Pty Ltd [2009] HCA 36
Citation 12

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Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Bowen Investments Pty Ltd [2009] HCA 8
Citation 13

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Citation 14 (Para 104)

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Citation 16

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Citation 20

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Citation 21

…ct been performed.[90] [90] Clark v Macourt (2013) 253 CLR 1 at [27], citing The Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 at 82 146It being established there was a breach of warranty, then the question is how should damages be assessed as a result of the breach. Where an asset is purchased, if a vendo…
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Citation 22

…426 [85] Clark v Macourt (2013) 253 CLR 1, 31 [106] per Keane J; Robinson v Harman (1848) 1 Ex 850, 855: 154 ER 363; Wenham v Ella (1972) 127 CLR 454, 460, 471; Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Bowen Investments Pty Ltd (2009) 236 CLR 272, 286 [13] 138The defendants note that even if it is found that the warranty is breached,…
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Citation 23

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Citation 26 (Para 759)

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Citation 27 (Para 43)

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