Gillian Fisher-Pollard by her tutor Miles Fisher-Pollard v Piers Fisher-Pollard [2018] NSWSC 500

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Gillian Fisher-Pollard by her tutor Miles Fisher-Pollard v Piers Fisher-Pollard [2018] NSWSC 500 Hearing dates: 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21 March, 23 March 2018 (oral subs) Decision date: 24 April 2018 Before: Sackar J Decision: See paras [551]-[553] Catchwords: EQUITY – general principles – unconscionability – unconscionable dealing – unconscionable conduct – special disability or disadvantage – independent advice – series of property transactions entered into between mother and son – lack of independent advice – whether property transactions should be set aside as unconscionable

EQUITY – general principles – undue influence – whether property transactions a product of undue influence Legislation Cited: Conveyancers Licensing Act 1995 (NSW) Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003 (NSW) Conveyancers Licensing Regulation 2015 (NSW) Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) Cases Cited: Al Maha Pty Ltd v Coplin [2017] NSWCA 318 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited v Karam (2005) 64 NSWLR 149; [2005] NSWCA 344 Banks v Goodfellow (1870) LR 5 QB 549 Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362; [1956] HCA 81 Bull v Fulton (1942) 66 CLR 295; [1942] HCA 13 Carr v Homersham [2018] NSWCA 65 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447; [1983] HCA 14 Johnson v Buttress (1936) 56 CLR 113; [1936] HCA 41 Louth v Diprose (1992) 175 CLR 621; [1992] HCA 61 McCulloch v Fern [2001] NSWSC 406 The State of New South Wales v Citco Industries Pty Ltd (2001) 53 NSWLR 451; [2001] NSWCA 406 Thorne v Kennedy (2017) 91 ALJR 1260; [2017] HCA 49 Turner v Supreme Court of Queensland [2003] AATA 887 Texts Cited: Second Reading Speech to the Conveyancers Licensing Bill 2003 (NSW), New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), 30 April 2003 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Gillian Fisher-Pollard by her tutor Miles Fisher-Pollard (Plaintiff) Piers Fisher-Pollard (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Knackstredt (Plaintiff) R S Bell (Defendant)