NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Jeans v Cleary [2006] NSWSC 647 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S) : 13 June 2006, 14 June 2006, 15 June 2006, 19 June 2006
JUDGMENT DATE : 28 June 2006
JUDGMENT OF : Johnson J at 1
DECISION : 1. Verdict for the Defendant against the Plaintiff; 2. Plaintiff to pay the Defendant's costs of the proceedings on an indemnity basis.
CATCHWORDS : DECEIT - claim of forgery of signature on guarantee - whether forgery proved - expert handwriting evidence - claim of forgery rejected - element of reliance in tort of deceit
Evidence Act 1995 LEGISLATION CITED : Imperial Acts Application Act 1969 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005
Deangrove Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2003] FCA 268 Deangrove Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2003] FCA 470 Jeans v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (2003) 204 ALR 327 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 Jeans v Cleary [2004] NSWSC 1245 Cleary v Jeans [2006] NSWCA 9 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Jeans [2006] FCA 693 Tresize v National Australia Bank Limited (2005) 220 ALR 706 Integral Energy Australia v EDS (Australia) Pty Limited [2006] NSWSC 600 Derry v Peek (1889) 14 App Cas 337 Banditt v The Queen (2005) 80 ALJR 421 Gould v Vaggelas (1985) 157 CLR 215 Clark v Urquhart (1930) AC 28 Toteff v Antonas (1952) 87 CLR 647 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Helton v Allen (1940) 63 CLR 691 CASES CITED : Rejfek v McElroy (1965) 112 CLR 517 Bannister v Walton (1993) 30 NSWLR 699 Neat Holdings Pty Limited v Karajan Holdings Pty Limited (1992) 67 ALJR 170 Director of Public Prosecutions v Hester (1973) AC 296 Doney v The Queen (1990) 171 CLR 207 R v E (1996) 39 NSWLR 450 R v Baskerville (1916) 2 KB 658 R v Whitehead (1929) 1 KB 99 Gawne v Gawne (1979) 2 NSWLR 449 R v Doney (2001) 126 A Crim R 271 R v Hannes (2000) 158 FLR 359; [2000] NSWCCA 503 Empirnall Holdings Pty Limited v Machon Paull Partners Pty Limited (1988) 14 NSWLR 523 Colgate-Palmolive Co v Cussins Pty Limited (1993) 46 FCR 225 White Constructions (ACT) (In Liquidation) v GB White and Ors [2004] NSWSC 303 Zaravinos v Houvardas [2004] NSWCA 421 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Rosniak v Government Insurance Office (1997) 41 NSWLR 608
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