NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Olsen v Mentink [2019] NSWSC 1299 Hearing dates: 29, 30, 31 July 2019, 1 August, 29 and 30 August, further submissions 4 September 2019 Decision date: 27 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity - Expedition List Before: Sackar J Decision: See [373]-[375]; [377]-[378]; [380]-[381] Catchwords: EQUITY- unconscionable conduct – special disadvantage- whether unconscientious advantage taken- undue influence
EQUITY- fiduciary duties- breach- rule in Barnes v Addy Cases Cited: Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244 Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362 Bridgewater v Leahy (1998) 194 CLR 457 Farah Constructions v Say-Dee (2007) 230 CLR 89 Kakavas v Crown Melbourne Ltd (2013) 250 CLR 392; [2013] HCA 25 Louth v Diprose (1992) 175 CLR 621 National Westminster Bank plc v Morgan [1985] AC 686 The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Thorne v Kennedy (2017) 91 ALJR 1260; [2017] HCA 49 Texts Cited: JD Heydon, Heydon on Contracts (2019, Thomson Reuters) Category: Principal judgment Parties: John Henry Olsen (plaintiff) Karen Howard Mentink (defendant) Representation: Counsel: M T McCulloch SC, J Brown (plaintiff) R Wilson SC (defendant)
Solicitors: ClickLaw (plaintiff) Bedson Legal (defendant) File Number(s): 2019/118366
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