Y Primavera v T Bakos & Anor [2019] NSWSC 825

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Y Primavera v T Bakos & Anor [2019] NSWSC 825 Hearing dates: 30 April; 1 – 3 May and 8 – 10 May 2019 (last submissions 7 June 2019) Decision date: 03 July 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity - Corporations List Before: Black J Decision: The Plaintiff be entitled to recover from the First Defendant amounts in respect of overpaid salary and unauthorised transfers.

Orders made directing the parties as to conduct for giving effect to this judgment. Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – directors – fiduciary duties – overpayment of salary – where director transfers salary payments to themselves personally and to their associated company – quantification.

CORPORATIONS – directors – fiduciary duties – unauthorised transfers – where director transfers funds to associated company – whether such transfers made in good faith in the company's best interests and for proper corporate purposes – quantification.

CIVIL PROCEDURE – pleadings – content of pleadings – where additional specified payments claimed to have been transferred in breach not particularised – whether claim should be extended to include additional unparticularised transfers. Legislation Cited: - Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 56-58, 100 - Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 140 Cases Cited: - Australian Growth Resources Corp Pty Ltd (recs and mgrs apptd) v Van Reesema (1988) 13 ACLR 261; 6 ACLC 529 - Banque Commerciale SA (en liqn) v Akhil Holdings Ltd [1990] HCA 11; (1990) 169 CLR 279 - Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 - Chew v R (1991) 4 WAR 21; 5 ACSR 473 - Dare v Pulham [1982] HCA 70; (1982) 148 CLR 658 - Downer Connect Pty Ltd v McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd [2008] VSC 77 - Holyoake Industries (Vic) Pty Ltd v V-Flow Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 1154; (2011) 86 ACSR 393 - JR Consulting & Drafting Pty Ltd v Cummings [2016] FCAFC 20; (2016) 329 ALR 625 - Kirby v Sanderson Motors Pty Ltd [2002] NSWCA 44; (2001) 54 NSWLR 135 - McGuirk v University of New South Wales [2009] NSWSC 1424 - Ngurli Ltd v McCann (1953) 90 CLR 425 - Prestige Lifting Services Pty Ltd v Williams [2015] FCA 1063; (2015) 333 ALR 674 - Re Colorado Products Pty Ltd (in prov liq) [2014] NSWSC 789; (2014) 101 ACSR 233 - Re Punters Show Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 605 - Taylor v Lederman [2013] VSC 99 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Yelena Primavera (Plaintiff) Tanya Bakos (First Defendant) Andrew Hugh Jenner Wily in his capacity as liquidator of Best in Pressure Care Pty Ltd (in liquidation) (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: L Gor (Plaintiff) H Grace (First Defendant)