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Singer v No Defendant

The Court of Appeal held a s 19 certificate had to be contemporaneous, but rectified the instrument to add the omitted statement and upheld it as valid.

  • Enduring power of attorney
  • Statutory compliance
  • Construction of instruments
  • Equitable rectification
  • Suppression/non-publication order
  • Costs
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Contracts

Mpinda v Fair Work Commission (No 2)

Mpinda v Fair Work Commission (No 2) [2024] FCA 692

The Court determined that no binding settlement agreement was made between the applicant and Western Areas Ltd, and that the third respondent was not liable for negligence.

  • Intention to create legal relations
  • Actual authority
  • Apparent or ostensible authority
  • Solicitor-client relationship
  • Negligence
  • Settlement agreements
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Contract

Willmott v Wilson

Willmott v Wilson [2024] NSWDC 20

The District Court found a handwritten 18 September 2018 document was a binding $150,000 loan agreement, rejected alleged oral conditions, and entered judgment for the plaintiff.

  • Written agreement
  • Loan agreement
  • Oral terms
  • Authority of agent
  • Implied authority
  • Scope of ostensible authority
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Contracts

The Property Investors Alliance Pty Ltd v C88 Project Pty Ltd (in liq)

The Property Investors Alliance Pty Ltd v C88 Project Pty Ltd (in liq) [2023] NSWCA 291

The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal in part, finding that the Sole Agency Agreement impliedly granted an equitable charge over development units to secure commission, despite failing to prove rectification.

  • Rectification
  • Common intention
  • Equitable charge
  • Caveats
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Equitable-charge
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Superannuation

Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Diversa Trustees Limited

Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Diversa Trustees Limited [2023] FCA 1267

The Federal Court dismissed ASIC’s civil penalty case against Diversa Trustees Limited over alleged failures to stop Bhandari-related sign-ups to YourChoice Super.

  • Trustees' compliance obligations
  • Delegation and outsourcing in superannuation
  • Attribution of knowledge
  • Afsl obligations
  • General financial product advice
  • Constructive and actual knowledge
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Contracts

Shao v Crown Global Capital Pty Limited

Shao v Crown Global Capital Pty Limited [2023] NSWSC 820

The Supreme Court of NSW dismissed a claim against a lender, holding that the plaintiff ratified her husband's unauthorized receipt of loan funds by previously suing him for them.

  • Joint rights and obligations
  • Implied terms
  • Actual authority
  • Ostensible authority
  • Ratification
  • Election
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Contract

SWS Lawyers Pty Ltd v Matthew Tumbers

SWS Lawyers Pty Ltd v Matthew Tumbers [2022] NSWLC 19

The Local Court held Matthew Tumbers liable for one legal invoice under a signed costs agreement, but not for later invoices said to arise from his father’s instructions.

  • Costs agreement
  • Authority of agent
  • Liability for legal fees
  • Legal-fees
  • Costs-agreements
  • Agency-law
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Equity

Keybridge Capital Ltd v Bell Potter Securities Ltd

Keybridge Capital Ltd v Bell Potter Securities Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1022

The Supreme Court of NSW dismissed a claim for breach of warranty of authority, finding no binding contract was formed during stockbroking negotiations for Molopo Energy shares.

  • Breach of warranty of authority
  • Formation of contract
  • Intention to create legal relations
  • Stockbroking
  • Block trades
  • Meaning of 'firm' in stockbroking
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Equity

EB v GB (No 2)

EB v GB (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1011

The Supreme Court held that an enduring guardian's authority under the Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) does not inherently include the power to control or prohibit personal access to the appointor.

  • Protective jurisdiction
  • Parens patriae
  • Enduring power of attorney
  • Enduring guardian
  • Aged care access
  • Mental-health
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Consumer law

Fairfield Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd v Ridge Estate Pty Ltd (No 4)

Fairfield Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd v Ridge Estate Pty Ltd (No 4) [2022] FCA 1

Federal Court judgment on misleading conduct, trust indemnity, fraudulent conveyance, secret commissions, and related property and loan disputes.

  • Misleading and deceptive conduct
  • Trustee's right of indemnity
  • Fraudulent conveyance
  • Secret commissions
  • Conversion and detinue
  • Loan disputes
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