NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Clarke v Lopwell Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 615
HEARING DATE(S) : 21, 22 & 24 April and 7 May 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 18 June 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity
JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J
DECISION : That the defendant engaged in unconscionable conduct and the plaintiffs' guarantees and mortgages should be set aside.
CATCHWORDS : EQUITY [53] – General principles – Other forms of equitable fraud – Unconscionable dealing – What constitutes special disability of party – Persons giving onerous guarantee unable to judge what was in their own best interests.
LEGISLATION CITED : Contracts Review Act 1980 s 6
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Assad Atra t/as Atra Bros v The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Company Limited NSWCA 24 October 1985 unreported Australia & New Zealand Banking Group v Karam (2005) 64 NSWLR 149 Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244 CASES CITED : Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Hobbs v Tinling (CT) and Company, Limited [1929] 2 KB 1 Scott Fell v Lloyd (1911) 13 CLR 230 Steinberg v The Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth of Australia (1975) 134 CLR 640
TEXTS CITED : Meagher, Gummow and Lehane's Equity Doctrines and Remedies (4th ed, 2002) [16-010]
Dallas James Clarke (P1) PARTIES : Juliet Jane Clarke (P2) Milk Makers Dairy Heifers Pty Limited (P3) Lopwell Pty Limited (D)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5637/04
COUNSEL : J M Ireland QC and A D Crossland (Ps) R G Forster SC and P J Dowdy (D)
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