Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Rees [2013] NSWSC 554

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Rees [2013] NSWSC 554 Hearing dates: 6 May 2013 Decision date: 17 May 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Expedition List Before: Pembroke J Decision: See paragraph [21] Catchwords: EMPLOYMENT - employee owes a duty of honesty to employer - duty breached by submission of fraudulent timesheets - breach of duty a ground for dismissal. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia v ANU (2009) 239 CLR 175 Black v S Freedman & Company (1910) 12 CLR 105 Blyth Chemicals Ltd v Bushnell (1933) 49 CLR 66; [1933] HCA 8 Concut v Worrell [2000] 176 ALR 693; [2000] HCA 64 Efg Australia Limited v Kennedy [1999] NSWSC 922 Halabi v Westpac Banking Corporation (1999) 17 NSWLR 26 Mainland Holdings Ltd v Szady [2002] NSWSC 699 McMahon v Gould (1982) 7 ACLR 202 Niven v SS [2006] NSWCA 388 Robb Evans of Robb Evans & Associates v European Bank Ltd (2004) 61 NSWLR 75 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Commonwealth Bank of Australia - plaintiff Leon Wilson Rees - defendant Representation: Counsel: P Dowdy - for the plaintiff No appearance for the defendant Solicitors: Henry Davis York - for the plaintiff No appearance for the defendant File Number(s): 2012/00283545