NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : SCEGS Redlands Ltd v Alison Barbour & Anor [2008] NSWSC 928
HEARING DATE(S) : 26, 27 & 28 August 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 5 September 2008
JUDGMENT OF : Rein J
DECISION : Judgment for second defendant. Plaintiff to pay second defendant's costs.
CATCHWORDS : Employee misappropriates funds of employer and places these funds in joint bank accounts held with husband from whom she is separated - Husband's access to statements of account and control of accounts - Whether benefit to him - Whether failure to look at bank statements constitutes fault, rendering him liable to reimburse the employer
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Croton v The Queen (1967) 117 CLR 326 James v Oxley (1939) 61 CLR 433 Lockwood v Vince (2007) 166 FCR 305 National Commercial Bank v Batty (1985-1986) 160 CLR 251 Heperu Pty Ltd & Ors v Morgan Brooks Pty Ltd & Ors (No 2) [2007] NSWSC 1438 McNally v Harris [2008] NSWSC 659 CASES CITED : Vella v Permanent Mortgages Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 505 Banque Belge Pour L'Etranger v Hambrouck [1920] 1 KB 321 El Ajou v Dollar Land Holdings Pty Ltd [1993] 3 All ER 717 Consul Developments Pty Ltd v DPC Estate Pty Ltd (1975) 132 CLR 373 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd 203 CLR 89 National Australia Bank Ltd v Hokit Pty Ltd (1996) 39 NSWLR 377 Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall (2001) 208 CLR 516 Lipkin Gorman v Karpnale Ltd [1991] 2 AC 548
Meagher, Gummow & Lehane's Equity: Doctrines and Remedies (4th edn, Butterworths) TEXTS CITED : Goff and Jones, The Law of Restitution (4th edn, 1986) Manchester Trust v Furness [1895] 2 QB 539
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