NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : AUGHTON v WILKIE [2010] NSWSC 1462
HEARING DATE(S) : 6 and 7 December 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 16 December 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Tamberlin AJ at 1
1. Judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $280,000. DECISION : 2. The defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs. 3. The Cross-Claim is dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : FAIR TRADING ACT 1987 (NSW) – s 42 – misleading and deceptive conduct – whether misrepresentations made as to ownership of land – non-disclosure of encumbrances on land – whether reliance on representations – causation – whether plaintiff informed of true position prior to investment - TRUSTS – whether arrangements as to investment gave rise to an equitable charge or trust – whether any interest in land created
LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW), ss 42, 68
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Campomar Socieadad, Limitada v Nike International Ltd (2000) 202 CLR 45 Gould v Vaggelas (1985) 157 CLR 215 I & L Securities Pty Ltd v HTW Valuers (Brisbane) Pty Ltd (2002) 210 CLR 109 CASES CITED : March v Stramare (E & MH) Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506 Parkdale Custom Built Furniture Pty Ltd v Puxu Pty Ltd (1982) 149 CLR 191 Taco Co of Australia Inc v Taco Bell Pty Ltd (1982) 42 ALR 177 Winterton Constructions Pty Ltd v Hambros Australia Ltd (1992) 39 FCR 97
PARTIES : Robert David Aughton – Plaintiff Brent Alan Wilkie - Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2009/287365
COUNSEL : Plaintiff in person J-J Loofs – Defendant
SOLICITORS : Plaintiff self-represented John McDonald & Partners - Defendant
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