Meiko Australia Pacific Pty Limited v Adam Samuel Hinchliffe & Anor [2009] NSWSC 354

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Meiko Australia Pacific Pty Limited v Adam Samuel Hinchliffe & Anor [2009] NSWSC 354

HEARING DATE(S) : 22/04/09, 23/04/09, 30/04/09

JUDGMENT DATE : 7 May 2009

JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List

JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

DECISION : Judgments to be entered against first and second defendants with a stay of the orders made against the second defendant. Reserve costs for argument.

CATCHWORDS : EQUITY - General principles - Wrongful appropriation - Following freezing orders first and second defendant's consent to judgment in the sum of $730,000 against them on a joint and several basis - Further relief sought by plaintiff with respect to additional sums - Onus of proof in cases involving fraud - Evidence Act NSW section 128 certificate - Retroactive application of section 128 not contemplated by section 128

LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

ASX Operations Pty Limited v Pont Data Australia Pty Limited (No 1) (1990) 27 FCR 460 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Cornwell v R [2006] NSWCCA 116 Kelly v Solari (1841) 152 ER 24 Moses v Macferlan [1760] ER 676 Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 67 ALJR 170 CASES CITED : Pascoe v Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) (1956) 30 ALJR 402 Pedler v Richardson (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Young J, 16 October 1997, unreported) Ross v Internet Wines (2004) NSWLR 436 Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Limited (2001) 208 CLR 516 Royal Bank of Canada v The King [1913] AC 212 Vaughan Constructions Pty Ltd v Luong [2008] NSWSC 1033 Vickery v Jjp Custodians [2002] NSWSC 782 Watson v Foxman (1995) 49 NSWLR 315