NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Lym International Pty Ltd v Chen; Marcolongo v Lym International Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 167
HEARING DATE(S) : 9, 12 & 16 March 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 16 March 2009
JURISDICTION : Equity
JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J
DECISION : Form of orders settled.
CATCHWORDS : EQUITY [35] – General principles – Fiduciary obligations – Conflict of interest and duty – Purchase by agent from principal of property – Liability to retransfer property – Whether allowance to delinquent agent for money expended on property should include allowance for agent's work and skill in improving property.
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
A & R Constructions Pty Ltd v Lees (1982) 7 ACLR 900 Alati v Kruger (1955) 94 CLR 216 Green and Clara Ltd v Bestobell Industries Pty Ltd (No 2) [1984] WAR 32 Huon Shipping & Logging Co Ltd v The South British Insurance Co Ltd [1923] VLR 216 Kiri Te Kanawa v Leading Edge Events Australia Pty Limited [2007] NSWCA 187 Lym International Pty Ltd v Chen [2009] NSWSC 98 CASES CITED : Maguire v Makaronis (1997) 188 CLR 449 O'Sullivan v Management Agency and Music Ltd [1985] QB 428 Patterson v BTR Engineering (Aust) Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 319 Phipps v Boardman [1965] Ch 992 The Bernisse and The Elve [1920] P 1 United States Surgical Corporation v Hospital Products International Pty Ltd [1983] 2 NSWLR 157 Vadasz v Pioneer Concrete (SA) Pty Limited (1995) 184 CLR 102 Warman International Ltd v Dwyer (1995) 182 CLR 544
TEXTS CITED : Dal Pont's Law of Costs (2nd ed, 2009) [28.65] Meagher, Gummow and Lehane's Equity Doctrines and Remedies (4th ed, 2002) [5-255], [24-050]
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