Swift & Anor v Westpac Banking Corporation & Ors [1995] FCA 146

CATCHWORDS INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION - whether a serious question to be tried - mortgator seeking to restrain mortgagee exercising mortgage powers - no security provided for debt MORTGAGE - unconscionable conduct - undue influence - claim to set mortgage aside - dispute about amount due under mortgage Trade Practices Act 1974 ss 51A, 51AA, 51AB, 52, 87 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1982-3) 151 CLR 447 Cons Waltons Store (Interstate) Limited v Maher & Anor (1987-8) 164 CLR 387 Refd The Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394 Refd Begbie v State Bank of New South Wales (1994) ATPR 4-288 Refd ANZ Banking Group v Harvey (1994) ATPR 46-132 Refd MCP Muswellbrook Pty Ltd & Ors v Deutsche Bank (Asia) AG & Ors (1988) 12 NSWLR 16 Refd Inglis & Anor v Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia (1972) 126 CLR 161 Quest Town & Country Sports Resorts (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Partnership Pacific Ltd (1988) 20 FCR 545 Cons Watkins v Coombes (1922) 30 CLR 150 Refd Poosathurdi v Kanappa Chettiar (1919) LR 47 Ind App 1 (PC) Refd Barclays Bank PLC v O'Brien (1994) 1 AC 980 Dist CIBC Mortgages PLC v Pitt & Ors (1994) 1 AC 200 Cons General Credits (Finance) Pty Ltd v Stoyakovich (1975) Qd R 352 Refd Atkison v Hastings Deering (Queensland) Pty Ltd (1984) 6 FCR 331 Refd Harvey v McWatters (1948) 49 SR(NSW) 173 Cons Eltran Pty Limited & Ors v Westpac Banking Corporation & Ors (1991) 32 FCR 195 Refd Glandore Pty Ltd v Elders Finance and Investment Co Ltd (1984) 4 FCR 130 Refd Rawcliffe v Custom Credit Corporation (1994) ATPR 41-292 Refd Mainbanner Pty Ltd v Dadincroft Pty Ltd (1988) ATPR 49,661 Refd Billinudgel Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (unreported, Spender J 31.3.94) Refd Swift & Anor v Westpac Banking Corporation & Ors No. QG152 of 1994 Kiefel J. Brisbane 22 March 1995