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New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : Orbit Travel Services v Travel Compensation Fund [1999] NSWCA 63 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40239/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 30 June 1998 1 July 1998 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 March 1999
Orbit Travel Services Pty Ltd Bassilios Abdul-Karim PARTIES : Katia Abdul-Karim v Travel Compensation Fund Minister for Fair Trading JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA; Powell JA; Sheppard AJA
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Equity Division LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : ED 3647/96 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Hodgson CJ in Eq
A - D Jackson QC; V Gray COUNSEL : 1R - N Francey 2R - C Needham A - Denes Ebner, Sydney SOLICITORS : 1R - Minter Ellison, Sydney 2R - The Crown Solicitor, Sydney CATCHWORDS : PRINCIPAL & AGENT - Authority of agent to receive money on behalf of principal - Liability of principal in circumstances of case for misapplication of moneys held by principal without knowledge that moneys were being misapplied. Evidence Act 1995 ACTS CITED : Travel Agents Act 1986 Fair Trading Act 1987 Trade Practices Act 1974 Lysaght Bros & Co Ltd v Falk (1905) 2 CLR 421 Barclay's Bank Ltd v Quistclose Investments Ltd [1970] AC 567 Hyde v Sullivan (1956) 56 SR (NSW) 113 CASES CITED: Hope v Bathurst City Council (1980) 144 CLR 1 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Joyce v The Insurance Commissioner (1948) 77 CLR 39 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Whitfords Beach Pty Ltd (1982) 150 CLR 355 Australian Health Insurance Association Ltd v Esso Australia Ltd (1993) 41 FCR 450 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs
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