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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 (AT SUVA)
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 and
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 ROBERT WATERHOUSE
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 Plaintiffs
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 and
\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 MARGARET ANN WATERHOUSE
\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 (as executors and trustees of the estate
\par of John Knight Waterhouse (Senior))
\par First Defendants
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\par V. Kapadia for the Plaintiff
\par P.I. Knight for the First Defendants
\par T. Tuitoga for the Fourth Defendant
\par No appearance by the Second and Third Defendants
\par 
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\par The Plaintiffs are turf accountants.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 Their partnership trades under the name \'93Waterhouse Group\'94
 (the Australian Partnership) and operates betting shops throughout Australia.
\par 
\par For many years a sister organisation \'93Grants Waterhouse Agency\'94 (the Fiji Partnership) has also traded in Fiji.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 It
 has a number of betting shops in Fiji some patronised by well known turfite members of the Fiji establishment.
\par 
\par The Fiji Partnership had three partners.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 They were John Knight Waterhouse (Senior) and the Second and Third Defendants.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 John Knight Waterhouse (Senior) who was William Waterhouse\rquote s brother died in July 1998.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 John Knight Waterhouse (Junior) is his son and one of the executors of the estate.
\par 
\par Owing to the fact that, apart from the annual charity races held at Nadi, organised horse racing does no
t take place in Fiji the Fiji betting shops offer punters the opportunity to bet on the outcome of races held in Australia at meetings such as Randwick, Doomben, Eaglefarm, Bendigo, Rosehill and so on.
\par 
\par In order to enable punters as fully as possible to participate in the events taking place in Australia a substantial body of information has to be sent from Australia to Fiji.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 This includes the fields, listing horses, jockeys, barrier draws, numbers, scratchings and prices.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 Also sent up to Fiji are newspapers, magazine articles and form guides.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 Most importantly the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330 A}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 
ustralian radio broadcast of each race is relayed up to Fiji by telephone so that it can be broadcast live in each of the betting shops in Fiji as the race actually takes place.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 These services were provided for the Fiji Partnership by the Australian Partnership which charged for them.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 It is the payment of the charges for the services which is the issue between the Plaintiffs and the First Defendants.
\par 
\par According to the affidavit of John Knight Waterhouse (Junior) filed on 12 August 2002 his father expressed concerns to him in 1998, about the way in which the Fiji Partnership was being run.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 John Knight Waterhouse (Junior) came to Fiji to investigate.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 Following this investigation legal proceedings were begun in the High Court of Fiji, Action No. 148 of 1998 by John Knight Waterhouse (Senior).}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 As a result of these proceedings the Fourth Defendant was appointed receiver and manager of the Fiji Partnership.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 In April 2000 the Fourth Defendant sold 
the Fiji Partnership and he now holds proceeds of sale and other assets of the partnership amounting to $569,000.00.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 
It is this sum which the Plaintiffs seek to recover by their proceedings herein begun by writ issued on 6 August 2001.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 
The present application is a summons for summary Judgment against the Defendants brought under the provision of RHC O14.
\par 
\par On 19 September I was advised by Counsel for the Fourth defendant that he did not wish to oppose the application. The Second and Third Defendants have filed acknowledgements of service of the writ indicating that they do not wish to defend.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 The position therefore is that the issue is only joined between the Plaintiffs and the First Defendants.
\par 
\par The following affidavits were filed:
\par 
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\par {\pntext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 ii)\tab}}\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0\pnlcrm\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta )}}
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\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid8804046 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 William Waterhouse, 13 September 2002;
\par {\pntext\pard\plain\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 iv)\tab}}\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\widctlpar{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0\pnlcrm\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120\pnhang {\pntxta )}}
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\par In his first affidavit John Knight Waterhouse (Junior) advances two principal arguments in support of his submission that the amount claimed by the Plaintiffs is excessive.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 First he says that a report into the affairs of the Fiji Partnership commissioned in 1998 by the Fourth Defendant contained qualifications relating to the charges.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 
These qualifications may be seen at Exhibit JKW1, page 2 paragraphs 1.1.3, 1.1.3.1, 1.1.3.2; page 11 paragraph 3.5.2.3, page 13 paragraph 3.5.2.7 and page 14 paragraph 3.5.3.3.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 
They indicate that the basis of the charges by the Australian Partnership for the information and support provided was not known, that the charges had been incurred and paid for for several years but although there was nothing to suggest 
that they had ever been disputed before it was not known whether a more favourable rate might have been negotiated.
\par 
\par The second argument was that John Knight Waterhouse (Senior) had not approved the payments of the charges.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 
This was because although he was a partner in the Fiji Partnership he took little active part in the affairs of the partnership which was largely left in the hands of the Second and Third Defendants.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  
}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 Mr. Knight submitted that the First Defendants were entitled to have the charges properly accounted for and justified.
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\par Mr. Kapadia\rquote s submission in answer was simple and straightforward.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 Referring to Sections 6 and 7 of}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 the Partnership Act (Cap 248) he suggested that the charges incurred by the Fiji Partnership not only bound the partners
hip but were also binding on the partners.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 
Whether or not John Knight Waterhouse (Senior) actually approved the charges was irrelevant since the fact that a partner is a sleeping partner does not affect the binding nature of contracts made on behalf of th
e partnership in the normal course of its business (}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 Beckham v. Drake}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330  (1841) 9 M&W 79).
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\par In my opinion these submissions are unanswerable.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 
As I see it, while a partner can certainly disagree with a pending partnership decision and, if his argument prevails, prevent that decision being taken, a partner cannot avoid being bound by decisions already taken.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 
In the present case the First Defendants appear to want to undo decisions already reached and contracts already entered into and completed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 In my opinion that course is not open to them.
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\par In my view the First Defendants\rquote  case has two further important weaknesses. The first is that apart from asserting that the charges were excessive no evidence at all to support that contention has been advanced.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 The
re is nothing, for example, to suggest that another firm of turf accountants in Australia might have been able to provide the necessary services at a significantly cheaper rate.
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\par The second weakness is that contracting parties may, for their own reasons, decide to pay rather more than the absolute minimum available in the market for the goods or services which are being provided.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 They may do this for a variety of reasons and those reasons will not ordinarily be questioned by the Court.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 Some people pay more because the services being provided are more convenient, more flexible or more friendly.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 Sometimes people even pay more because they wish to confer an additional benefit on the service provider.
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\par In my opinion, notwithstanding the reservations expressed about these charges by the chartered accountants they were charges incurred in the normal course of partnership business by the Fiji Partnership.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 They are not now open to review.
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\par In my Judgment the First Defendants have no reasonably arguable defence to the Plaintiffs claim.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 
They have a counterclaim which I declined to strike out and which stands on its own feet and can be separately argued.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15411330  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid15411330 
There will be Judgment for the Plaintiffs in the amount claimed.
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8804046 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8940620\charrsid8804046 M.D. Scott
\par Judge
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\par 2 October 2002
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