Simic & Ors v. NSW Land and Housing Corporation & Ors
Case No.
S136/2016
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
18/12/2015 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal) (Bathurst CJ, Ward JA, Emmett AJA)
Catchwords
Contract – Letters of credit – Whether a misdescription of the beneficiary of a bank guarantee entitled the bank to refuse to pay out the credit – Whether regard could be had to the underlying contract to confirm the correct description of the beneficiary – Autonomy principle – Principle of strict compliance.
Documents
05/05/2016 Hearing (SLA, Canberra)
19/05/2016 Notice of appeal
09/06/2016 Written submissions (Appellants)
09/06/2016 Chronology (Appellants)
28/06/2016 Written submissions (Second Respondent)
30/06/2016 Written submissions (FIrst Respondent)
14/07/2016 Reply
20/07/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
07/12/2016 Judgment (Judgment Summary)