Punchbowl Casual Dining Pty Ltd v Rashays Cafes & Restaurants Pty Ltd (Trial Judgment)

[2024] FCA 1265

Federal Court of Australia1 November 2024

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1. Contracts
2. › alleged oral contracts between franchisee and franchisor
3. › whether applicants’ evidence concerning disputed conversations should be accepted
4. › application dismissed
1. Evidence
2. › where all witnesses who gave evidence of conversations did so in indirect speech, except on the rare occasions where the witness gave evidence of a verbatim recollection of the words actually used
3. › reasoning of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Wild v Meduri considered