Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
470 St Kilda Road Pty Ltd v Robinson [2017] FCA 597 File number: VID 284 of 2012
Judge: O'CALLAGHAN J
Date of judgment: 30 May 2017
Catchwords: CONSUMER LAW – where statutory declaration made in trade and commerce – where statutory declaration deposed to reasonable inquiries undertaken – whether representations with respect to reasonable inquiries untrue – whether statutory declaration misleading and deceptive – whether applicant relied on untrue representations – whether apportionable claims under the Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic) NEGLIGENCE – whether statutory declaration contained negligent misstatements
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Sch 2 ("Australian Consumer Law") s 18 Statutory Declarations Act 1959 (Cth), s 8 Statutory Declarations Regulations 1993 (Cth), Sch 1 Building and Construction Industry Security Payment Act 2002 (Vic), s 14 Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958 (Vic), s 107 Oaths Act 1867 (Qld), s 14 Oaths Act 1900 (NSW), s 24 Oaths Act 1936 (SA), s 25 Oaths Act 2001 (Tas), s 14 Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations Act 2010 (NT), ss 18-20 Oaths, Affidavits and Statutory Declarations Act 2005 (WA), s 12 Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic), Pt IVAA
Cases cited: 470 St Kilda Road Pty Limited v Robinson [2013] FCA 1420; (2013) 308 ALR 411 470 St Kilda Road Pty Ltd v Reed Constructions Australia Pty Ltd [2012] VSC 235 Addenbrooke Pty Limited v Duncan (No 2) [2017] FCAFC 76 at [499]-[502] Caltex Refineries (Qld) Pty Ltd v Stavar (2009) 75 NSWLR 649 at [103] Chubb Insurance Company of Australia Limited v Robinson (2016) 239 FCR 300; [2016] FCAFC 17 Façade Treatment Engineering Pty (in liq) v Brookfield Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd (2016) 337 ALR 452; [2016] VSCA 247 at [76]-[90] Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 749 at 767-768 Marks v GIO Australia Holdings Ltd (1998) 196 CLR 494 at [34], [38] and [95] Miller & Associates Insurance Broking Pty Ltd v BMW Australia Finance Limited (2010) 241 CLR 357 at 386 [99] Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 104 at [46]-[51] Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords Appointed to Inquire into the Expediency of Substituting Declarations in lieu of Oaths in certain Cases (1837) "Solemn Declarations and Affirmations Substituted for Oaths", 21 Law Mag. Quart. Rev. Juris 116 (1854)
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