Lowe v Pascoe (No 11) [2021] NSWSC 1375

Lowe v Pascoe (No 11) [2021] NSWSC 1375

On the balance of probabilities, by 30 June 1984, Geoffrey Lowe was not indebted to the Partnership in respect of a loan of $25,000. Accordingly, there is no basis for Mary and Geoffrey to bring any such payment to account.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
28 October 2021
Procedural Posture
Equity / Consequential Orders
Outcome
Court found no basis for Mary and Geoffrey Lowe to account for the $25,000 payment.
Legal Topics
['account of Profits' 'characterisation of Payments' 'loans and Repayments' 'partnership Accounting']

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Procedural Posture

Equity / Consequential Orders

  1. 1 ['Whether the payment of $25,000 to Geoffrey Lowe was a loan or a repayment' 'Whether Geoffrey Lowe remains indebted to the Partnership in respect of the $25,000 payment' 'Whether the plaintiffs should account for the payment received from partnership funds']

Ratio Decidendi

On the balance of probabilities, by 30 June 1984, Geoffrey Lowe was not indebted to the Partnership in respect of a loan of $25,000. Accordingly, there is no basis for Mary and Geoffrey to bring any such payment to account.

Court Disposition

Court found no basis for Mary and Geoffrey Lowe to account for the $25,000 payment.

Orders

  • ['There is no requirement for Mary and Geoffrey Lowe to bring the $25,000 payment to account.']