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Palmer v Western Australia
[2021] HCA 31
Citation 1
(Para 1)
…analogy, the plaintiff should not be able to recover economic loss as a consequence of restrictions imposed to arrest the spread of the virus. [47] Palmer v Western Australia (2021) 388 ALR 180, 216-17 [155] (‘ Palmer ’), referring to Pape v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2009) 238 CLR 1, 89 [233]. [48]See, eg, Verwayen v Common…
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Palmer v Western Australia
[2021] HCA 5
Citation 2
(Para 1)
…ld not be able to recover economic loss as a consequence of restrictions imposed to arrest the spread of the virus. [47] Palmer v Western Australia (2021) 388 ALR 180, 216-17 [155] (‘ Palmer ’), referring to Pape v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2009) 238 CLR 1, 89 [233]. [48]See, eg, Verwayen v Commonwealth (No 2…
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Uber Technologies Incorporated (4849283) & Ors (according to the attached Schedule) v NICOS Andrianakis
[2020] VSCA 186
Citation 3
(Para 1)
…nd, LP v Babcock & Brown International Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] VSC 556, [14]–[15] (‘ Babcock ’); Uber Australia Pty Ltd v Andrianakis (2020) 61 VR 580, 599–600 [50] (‘ Uber ’). [9] Uber (2020) 61 VR 580, 594 [35].…
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Baijun Gu and Hui Zhou v Thomas Matheos Tampi and Wesbourne Homes Pty Ltd
[2020] VSCA 61
Citation 4
(Para 1)
…ention. I have previously addressed them. They were more recently restated by the Court of Appeal in Gu v Tampi. [2] I begin with the legislation. [2][2020] VSCA 61. See also Bodycorp Repairers Pty Ltd v Australian Associated Motor Insurers Ltd [2018] VSCA 174.…
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Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Buzadzic
[2019] VSCA 221
Citation 5
(Para 1)
…pleading does not disclose a cause of action. The claim is not tenable as a matter of law.[20] [18] Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Buzadzic (2019) 348 FLR 213, 240 [119], concluding that an exercise of the discretion in s 64 of the Civil Procedure Act 2010 (Vic) by the trial judge miscarried because legislation p…
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Bodycorp Repairers Pty Ltd v Australian Associated Motor Insurers Ltd
[2018] VSCA 174
Citation 6
(Para 1)
…al in Gu v Tampi. [2] I begin with the legislation. [2][2020] VSCA 61. See also Bodycorp Repairers Pty Ltd v Australian Associated Motor Insurers Ltd [2018] VSCA 174.…
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Trkulja v Google LLC
[2018] HCA 25
Citation 7
(Para 1)
…v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (‘ General Steel ’).[5] [3](2013) 42 VR 27, 40 [35] (‘ Lysaght ’). [4] Trkulja v Google LLC (2018) 263 CLR 149, 158 [23] (‘ Trkulja ’ ); CA & CA Ballan v Oliver Hume Australia Pty Ltd (2017) 55 VR 62, 72 [24] (‘ CA & CA Ballan ’ ). [5](1964) 112 CLR 125.…
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CA & CA Ballan Pty Ltd v Oliver Hume (Australia) Pty Ltd
[2017] VSCA 11
Citation 8
(Para 1)
…’). [4] Trkulja v Google LLC (2018) 263 CLR 149, 158 [23] (‘ Trkulja ’ ); CA & CA Ballan v Oliver Hume Australia Pty Ltd (2017) 55 VR 62, 72 [24] (‘ CA & CA Ballan ’ ). [5](1964) 112 CLR 125.…
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CPCF v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
[2015] HCA 1
Citation 9
(Para 1)
…td v Lord Advocate (1965) AC 75, 110, 162. [50] Parker v Commonwealth (1965) 112 CLR 295, 301. See also CPCF v Minister for Immigration (2015) 255 CLR 514, 622–3 [368] (‘ CPCF ’), citing Sullivan (2001) 207 CLR 562, 582 [60]; Shaw (1940) 66 CLR 344, 361, in the context of a finding that obligations of procedural fair…
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Hunter and New England Local Health District v McKenna
[2014] HCA 44
Citation 10
…[73] Hunter and New England Local Health District v McKenna (2014) 253 CLR 270, 280 [22] (‘ Hunter ’).…
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Lysaght Building Solutions Pty Ltd v Blanalko Pty Ltd
[2013] VSCA 158
Citation 11
(Para 1)
…ess’ or ‘bound to fail test’ essayed in General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (‘ General Steel ’).[5] [3](2013) 42 VR 27, 40 [35] (‘ Lysaght ’). [4] Trkulja v Google LLC (2018) 263 CLR 149, 158 [23] (‘ Trkulja ’ ); CA & CA Ballan v Oliver Hume Australia Pty Ltd (2017) 55 VR 62, 72 [24] (‘…
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Hoffmann v Boland
[2013] NSWCA 158
Citation 12
(Para 1)
…LR 390, 418 [68] (‘ CAL No 14 ’). [25] Graham Barclay Oysters (2003) 211 CLR 540, 585 [106], 611-12 [192]. [26] Hoffmann v Boland [2013] NSWCA 158, [113].…
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Alcoa of Australia Ltd v Apache Energy Ltd
[2012] WASC 209
Citation 13
(Para 1)
…vy onus on a defendant in seeking summary judgment to establish that the plaintiff’s case is so untenable that it cannot succeed.[252] [249][2012] WASC 209 (‘ Alcoa ’). [250](2007) 99 SASR 357 (‘ Mills ’). [251] Alcoa [2012] WASC 209, [64]. [252] Mills (2007) 99 SASR 357, 379-81 [101]-[111].…
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Southern Properties (WA) Pty Ltd v Executive Director of the Department of Conservation and Land Management
[2012] WASCA 79 (S)
Citation 14
(Para 1)
…d continued detention. See similarly, Southern Properties (WA) Pty Ltd v Executive Director of the Department of Conservation and Land Management (2012) 42 WAR 287, 308 [102]–[104].…
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CAL No 14 Pty Ltd v Motor Accidents Insurance Board
[2009] HCA 47
Citation 15
(Para 1)
…’) (warning against that approach to the formulation of a duty of care). See also CAL No 14 Pty Ltd v Motor Accidents Insurance Board (2009) 239 CLR 390, 418 [68] (‘ CAL No 14 ’). [25] Graham Barclay Oysters (2003) 211 CLR 540, 585 [106], 611-12 [192]. [26] Hoffmann v Boland [2013] NSWCA 158, [113].…
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Caltex Refineries (Qld) Pty Ltd v Stavar
[2009] NSWCA 258
Citation 16
(Para 1)
…n-exhaustive salient features and other relevant considerations for the judicial evaluation of the scope and content of a novel duty of care.[34] [34](2009) 75 NSWLR 649, 676 [103], 678–9 [112] (‘ Stavar ’).…
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Pape v Federal Commissioner of Taxation
[2009] HCA 23
Citation 17
(Para 1)
…the virus. [47] Palmer v Western Australia (2021) 388 ALR 180, 216-17 [155] (‘ Palmer ’), referring to Pape v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2009) 238 CLR 1, 89 [233]. [48]See, eg, Verwayen v Commonwealth (No 2) (1989) VR 712, 724–5. [49] Shaw Savill and Albion Co Ltd v Commonwealth (1940) 66 CLR 344, 361–2 (‘…
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Mills v Sheahan
[2007] SASC 365
Citation 18
(Para 1)
…ary judgment to establish that the plaintiff’s case is so untenable that it cannot succeed.[252] [249][2012] WASC 209 (‘ Alcoa ’). [250](2007) 99 SASR 357 (‘ Mills ’). [251] Alcoa [2012] WASC 209, [64]. [252] Mills (2007) 99 SASR 357, 379-81 [101]-[111].…
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Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Dederer
[2007] HCA 42
Citation 19
(Para 1)
…conomic) to a particular class of person[23] (the plaintiff and group members, Victorian retailers). [22] Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW) v Dederer (2007) 234 CLR 330, 346 [46], where, by analogy, it was said that ‘A road authority such as the RTA is not obliged to exercise reasonable care in the abstract; still le…
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Waller v James
[2006] HCA 16
Citation 20
(Para 1)
…The courts will generally find that no duty is owed to those who suffer loss as part of a ripple from the original injury.[259] [258] Waller v James (2006) 226 CLR 136, 149–50 [37]. [259] Perre (1999) 198 CLR 180, 222–3 [112]. See also Woolcock (2004) 216 CLR 515, 537 [47].…
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Vairy v Wyong Shire Council
[2005] HCA 62
Citation 21
…[67]Ibid [495], citing Pyrenees (1998) 192 CLR 330, 393-4 [181]-[182]; Crimmins (1999) 200 CLR 1, 101 [292]; Vairy v Wyong Shire Council (2005) 223 CLR 422, 451 [86].…
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Perre v Apand Pty Ltd
[2004] FCA 881
Citation 22
(Para 1)
…owed to those who suffer loss as part of a ripple from the original injury.[259] [258] Waller v James (2006) 226 CLR 136, 149–50 [37]. [259] Perre (1999) 198 CLR 180, 222–3 [112]. See also Woolcock (2004) 216 CLR 515, 537 [47].…
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Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd
[2004] HCA 16
Citation 23
…[21] Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 180, 216–17 [93], 264 [232], 325–6 [405] (‘ Perre ’); Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd (2004) 216 CLR 515, 529–30 [21]–[22], 537 [46]–[47] (‘ Woolcock ’).…
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British American Tobacco Australia Ltd v Western Australia
[2003] HCA 47
Citation 24
(Para 1)
…ons’.[248] [247] Wickstead (1992) 30 NSWLR 1, 5-6; Richards (2010) 27 VR 343, 345 [8]; British American Tobacco Australia Ltd v Western Australia (2003) 217 CLR 30, 70-1 [103] (‘ British American Tobacco ’). [248] British American Tobacco (2003) 217 CLR 30, 70-1 [103] .…
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Graham Barclay Oysters Pty Ltd v Ryan
[2002] HCA 54
Citation 25
(Para 1)
…[26] While causation may be reasoned backwards, foreseeability and duty must be forward-looking. [24] Graham Barclay Oysters Pty Ltd v Ryan (2003) 211 CLR 540, 611–12 [192] (‘ Graham Barclay Oysters ’) (warning against that approach to the formulation of a duty of care). See also CAL No 14 Pty Ltd v Motor Accidents I…
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Tame v New South Wales
[2002] HCA 35
Citation 26
…[269](2002) 211 CLR 317, 339 [45]-[46] (citations omitted).…
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Sullivan v Moody
[2001] HCA 59
Citation 27
(Para 1)
…e duty of care posited by the plaintiff.[29] [27][2019] VSC 331, [455]-[464] (‘ Roo Roofing ’). [28]Ibid [456], referring to Sullivan v Moody (2001) 207 CLR 562 (‘ Sullivan ’) . [29] Sullivan (2001) 207 CLR 562 , 579-80 [50].…
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Schellenberg v Tunnel Holdings Pty Ltd
[2000] HCA 18
Citation 28
…[35] Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1985) 157 CLR 424, 469 (‘ Heyman ’); Crimmins (2000) 200 CLR 1, 20–1 [32], 34 [79], 37–8 [87], 62 [170]; Graham Barclay Oysters (2002) 211 CLR 540, 553–4 [6], 561 [26]–[28], 606–7 [175]–[176].…
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Crimmins v Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee
[1999] HCA 59
Citation 29
(Para 1)
…held that in determining whether the authority had a common law duty of care to the plaintiff, a court must consider the following questions: [30](1999) 200 CLR 1 (‘ Crimmins ’). See Roo Roofing [2019] VSC 331, [458] and the authorities cited therein.…
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Perre v Apand Pty Ltd
[1999] HCA 36
Citation 30
…[21] Perre v Apand Pty Ltd (1999) 198 CLR 180, 216–17 [93], 264 [232], 325–6 [405] (‘ Perre ’); Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd (2004) 216 CLR 515, 529–30 [21]–[22], 537 [46]–[47] (‘ Woolcock ’).…
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Pyrenees Shire Council v Day
[1998] HCA 3
Citation 31
…ng functions’, or quasi-legislative or regulatory functions.[57] [56]Ibid [471]. [57]Ibid [473]-[474], considering Pyrenees Shire Council v Day (1998) 192 CLR 330, 393-4 [182] (‘ Pyrenees ’) and other authorities.…
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Wickstead v Browne [No 2]
[1993] NSWCA 289
Citation 32
(Para 1)
…dgment, especially if the facts, adduced at trial, might cast ‘light and colour upon the resolution of the legal questions’.[248] [247] Wickstead (1992) 30 NSWLR 1, 5-6; Richards (2010) 27 VR 343, 345 [8]; British American Tobacco Australia Ltd v Western Australia (2003) 217 CLR 30, 70-1 [103] (‘ British American To…
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Commonwealth v Verwayen
[1990] HCA 39
Citation 33
(Para 1)
…The defendants sought to draw an analogy between the global pandemic emergency that triggered the Minister’s power under s 198(1) of the Public Health Act , to declare a state of emergency, and the emergency or war time circumstances that enliven the doctrine of executive necessity.[47] This doctrin…
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San Sebastian Pty Ltd v The Minister
[1986] HCA 68
Citation 34
(Para 1)
…24, 469, 442, 500. See also San Sebastian Pty Ltd v Minister Administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) (1986) 162 CLR 340, 374. [42] Roo Roofing [2019] VSC 331, [490]. [43] Heyman (1985) 157 CLR 424, 438–9, 468–9.…
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Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman
[1985] HCA 41
Citation 35
…[35] Sutherland Shire Council v Heyman (1985) 157 CLR 424, 469 (‘ Heyman ’); Crimmins (2000) 200 CLR 1, 20–1 [32], 34 [79], 37–8 [87], 62 [170]; Graham Barclay Oysters (2002) 211 CLR 540, 553–4 [6], 561 [26]–[28], 606–7 [175]–[176].…
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Parker v The Commonwealth
[1965] HCA 12
Citation 36
(Para 1)
…940) 66 CLR 344, 361–2 (‘ Shaw ’); Burmah Oil Co (Burma Trading) Ltd v Lord Advocate (1965) AC 75, 110, 162. [50] Parker v Commonwealth (1965) 112 CLR 295, 301. See also CPCF v Minister for Immigration (2015) 255 CLR 514, 622–3 [368] (‘ CPCF ’), citing Sullivan (2001) 207 CLR 562, 582 [60]; Shaw (1940) 66 CLR 344, 36…
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General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW)
[1964] HCA 69
Citation 37
(Para 1)
…23] (‘ Trkulja ’ ); CA & CA Ballan v Oliver Hume Australia Pty Ltd (2017) 55 VR 62, 72 [24] (‘ CA & CA Ballan ’ ). [5](1964) 112 CLR 125.…
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Shaw Savill and Albion Co Ltd v Commonwealth
[1953] HCA 24
Citation 38
(Para 1)
…to Pape v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2009) 238 CLR 1, 89 [233]. [48]See, eg, Verwayen v Commonwealth (No 2) (1989) VR 712, 724–5. [49] Shaw Savill and Albion Co Ltd v Commonwealth (1940) 66 CLR 344, 361–2 (‘ Shaw ’); Burmah Oil Co (Burma Trading) Ltd v Lord Advocate (1965) AC 75, 110, 162. [50] Parker v Commonwealth (1965) 112 CLR 295, 301. S…
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Shaw Savill and Albion Co Ltd v The Commonwealth
[1940] HCA 40
Citation 39
(Para 1)
…009) 238 CLR 1, 89 [233]. [48]See, eg, Verwayen v Commonwealth (No 2) (1989) VR 712, 724–5. [49] Shaw Savill and Albion Co Ltd v Commonwealth (1940) 66 CLR 344, 361–2 (‘ Shaw ’); Burmah Oil Co (Burma Trading) Ltd v Lord Advocate (1965) AC 75, 110, 162. [50] Parker v Commonwealth (1965) 112 CLR 295, 301. See also CPC…
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Dansar Pty Ltd v Byron Shire Council
[2015] HCATrans 93
Citation 40
…[91](2014) 89 NSWLR 1 (‘ Dansar’ ).…
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Loielo v Giles (No 2)
[2020] VSC 864
Citation 41
…[84] Loielo v Giles (2020) 63 VR 1, 7-8 [8]-[10], 65 [241], 67 [251] (‘ Loielo ’).…
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Loielo v Giles
[2020] VSC 722
Citation 42
…[84] Loielo v Giles (2020) 63 VR 1, 7-8 [8]-[10], 65 [241], 67 [251] (‘ Loielo ’).…
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Roo Roofing Pty Ltd v Commonwealth
[2019] VSC 331
Citation 43
(Para 1)
…e give focus to the judicial evaluation of factors that militate for or against recognition of the duty of care posited by the plaintiff.[29] [27][2019] VSC 331, [455]-[464] (‘ Roo Roofing ’). [28]Ibid [456], referring to Sullivan v Moody (2001) 207 CLR 562 (‘ Sullivan ’) . [29] Sullivan (2001) 207 CLR 562 , 579-…
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Block v Powercor Australia Ltd
[2019] VSC 15
Citation 44
(Para 1)
…the action is frivolous or vexatious or an abuse of process or where the application is supported by evidence.[7] [7] Block v Powercor Australia Ltd (2019) 57 VR 459, 484 [86] (‘ Block ’) referring to Lysaght (2013) 42 VR 27, 40 [35]. See also CA & CA Ballan (2017) 55 VR 62, 72 [24].…
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Smith v State of Victoria
[2018] VSC 475
Citation 45
(Para 1)
…he assumed facts.[253] However, it is not the case that any novel duty pleaded must be immune from summary dismissal. [253] Smith v State of Victoria [2018] VSC 475, [171].…
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Babcock & Brown DIF III Global Co-Investment Fund, LP v Babcock & Brown International Pty Ltd (No 2)
[2017] VSC 556
Citation 46
(Para 1)
…inciples set out therein. See, also, Babcock & Brown DIF III Global Co-Investment Fund, LP v Babcock & Brown International Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] VSC 556, [14]–[15] (‘ Babcock ’); Uber Australia Pty Ltd v Andrianakis (2020) 61 VR 580, 599–600 [50] (‘ Uber ’). [9] Uber (2020) 61 VR 580, 594 [35].…
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Roo Roofing Pty Ltd v Commonwealth
[2017] VSC 31
Citation 47
(Para 1)
…d from, operational matters, is fact sensitive and cannot be justly determined on an interlocutory basis.[68] [68] Roo Roofing Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [2017] VSC 31, [114], [116], [119]; Roo Roofing [2019] VSC 331, [495].…
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AS v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
[2014] VSC 593
Citation 48
(Para 1)
…din Investments Pty Ltd v Portbury Developments Co Pty Ltd (2011) 35 VR 1, 8 [18(3)]. [20] A S v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] VSC 593, [12]–[13].…
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Regent Holdings v State of Victoria
[2013] VSC 601
Citation 49
(Para 1)
…9] VSC 331, [465]; Sullivan (2001) 207 CLR 562, 582 [60]. [87] Sullivan (2001) 207 CLR 562, 581 [55]. See also Regent Holdings Pty Ltd v Victoria [2013] VSC 601, [223] where Beach JA found the duty of care contended for would give rise to inconsistent duties. See further, Roo Roofing [2019] VSC 331, [505]–[506],…
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Wheelahan v City of Casey (No 12)
[2013] VSC 316
Citation 50
(Para 1)
…because it raises a claim that has no real prospect of success in the sense of being “fanciful”’.[9] [8]See Wheelahan v City of Casey (No 12) [2013] VSC 316, [25] (‘ Wheelahan ’) and the principles set out therein. See, also, Babcock & Brown DIF III Global Co-Investment Fund, LP v Babcock & Brown International Pt…