Me-Yin Lee and Caroline Day v New South Wales Lotteries Corporation & Ors [2007] NSWDC 386

New South Wales District Court

CITATION: Me-Yin Lee and Caroline Day v New South Wales Lotteries Corporation & Ors [2007] NSWDC 386

HEARING DATE(S): 30th April, 1st,2nd,3rd May 2007

JUDGMENT DATE: 18 June 2007

JURISDICTION: Civil

JUDGMENT OF: Walmsley SC DCJ

CATCHWORDS: CONTRACTS – Fraud by Employee – Lottery Ticket Stolen – Scope of Employment – Conversion – Liability of Partnership – Claim for Contribution – Whether Employer of Thief Covered by Insurance Policy – Exclusion for Dishonest or Criminal Acts

State Lotteries Act, 1930 Lotteries Corporatisation Act, 1996 LEGISLATION CITED: Public Lotteries Act, 1996 Partnership Act, 1892 Law Reform (Miscellaneous) Provisions) Act, 1946 Fair Trading Act, 1987

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