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McLauchlan v Ng

Case [2023] VCC 483

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AGLC: McLauchlan v Ng [2023] VCC 483
Case: [2023] VCC 483
Decision Date: 31 March 2023

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McLauchlan v Ng [2023] VCC 483

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Ng v McLauchlan [2024] VSCA 160

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Ng v McLauchlan [2024] VSCA 160
Citation 1 (Para 3)

…standing the r 4 breaches.[1] The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and (if leave is granted) to appeal from that decision. [1] McLauchlan v Ng [2023] VCC 483, [65] (Judge Trapnell) (‘Reasons’).…

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R v A2 [2019] HCA 35
Citation 1

…g and Liquor Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Act 2014 Cases Cited: Beckwith v The Queen (1976) 135 CLR 569 – R v A2 (2019) 269 CLR 507 – Simpson v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 228…
Guy v Crown Melbourne Ltd (No 2) [2018] FCA 36
Citation 2

…er machines, this reasoning is applicable to the present case. [45] (2018) 355 ALR 420; [2018] FCA 36. [46] Ibid [119]–[121]. 48The decision in Guy does not assist me to determine the issues in this case. Mortimer J was there dealing with a consumer protection claim relating to misleading and deceptive conduct a…
Guy v Crown Melbourne Limited [2017] FCA 1104
Citation 3

…s to gambling on poker machines, this reasoning is applicable to the present case. [45] (2018) 355 ALR 420; [2018] FCA 36. [46] Ibid [119]–[121]. 48The decision in Guy does not assist me to determine the issues in this case. Mortimer J was there dealing with a consumer protection claim relating to misleading and dece…
Smith v The Queen [2017] HCA 19
Citation 4

…her, what I think Mr Ng is asking me to do is to take judicial notice[99] of the fact that a person who ‘has an obsession with gambling’ will at any given time necessarily be displaying indicators of distress that may be related to problem gambling which would be apparent to any objective observer and should have bee…
Aubrey v The Queen [2017] HCA 18
Citation 5

…audron and Gummow JJ); Aubrey v The Queen (2017) 260 CLR 305, 325–326 [39] (Kiefel CJ, Keane, Nettle and Edelman JJ). 56The words ‘unauthorised gambling’ are to be construed consistently under the Gambling Act as they are defined in s 1.3 for the purposes of the Act. Therefore, the words used in s 2.2.1(1) must have…
National Australia Bank Ltd v Rose [2016] VSCA 169
Citation 6

…ce;[102] (c) has been breached, and accordingly, the plaintiff’s claim has been ‘defeated’. [102] He relies upon National Australia Bank v Rose [2016] VSCA 169 (‘ Rose ’); Doggett v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2015] VSCA 351 (‘ Doggett ’); National Australia Bank v Rice [2015] VSC 10 (‘ Rice ’); Commonwealth B…
Doggett v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2015] VSCA 351
Citation 7

…s been ‘defeated’. [102] He relies upon National Australia Bank v Rose [2016] VSCA 169 (‘ Rose ’); Doggett v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2015] VSCA 351 (‘ Doggett ’); National Australia Bank v Rice [2015] VSC 10 (‘ Rice ’); Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Doggett [2014] VSC 423; Sam Management Services (Aust)…
Hudson v Sigalla [2015] FCAFC 140
Citation 8

…t so those matters could be litigated in the NSW Supreme Court.[44] [44] See Hudson v Sigalla [2015] FCAFC 140 [43]–[47]. 47Mr Ng also relies on some obiter comments in the judgment of Mortimer J in Guy v Crown Melbourne Ltd (No 2) (‘ Guy ’)[45] where her Honour said, inter alia, that the conduct of gaming is lawfu…
Hudson v Sigalla [2014] FCCA 1652
Citation 9

…een Judge Driver’s reasoning and its applicability to the operation of the current provisions.[43] [42] [2014] FCCA 1652 [109]–[127]. [43] See particularly ibid [111]–[112], [125]–[126]. 45Moreover, in Hudson v Sigalla the bets in issue were not recorded or reported to Racing Victoria. Whereas here, the evidence is…
Brighton v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2011] NSWCA 152
Citation 10

…014] VSC 423; Sam Management Services (Aust) Pty Ltd v Bank of Western Australia [2009] NSWCA 320; Brighton v ANZ Banking Group Ltd [2011] NSWCA 152. 105Mr Ng relies, inter alia, upon National Australia Bank v Rose (‘ Rose ’),[103] Doggett v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (‘ Doggett ’)[104] and other like cases. Ho…
Sam Management Services (Aust) Pty Ltd v Bank of Western Australia Ltd [2009] NSWCA 320
Citation 11

…ice ’); Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Doggett [2014] VSC 423; Sam Management Services (Aust) Pty Ltd v Bank of Western Australia [2009] NSWCA 320; Brighton v ANZ Banking Group Ltd [2011] NSWCA 152. 105Mr Ng relies, inter alia, upon National Australia Bank v Rose (‘ Rose ’),[103] Doggett v Commonwealth Bank of Au…
Woods v Multi-sport Holdings Pty Ltd [2002] HCA 9
Citation 12

…udron and McHugh JJ). 99Accordingly, I find during the period 15 to 18 April 2020 (both inclusive) Mr Ng was not displaying any indicators that may be related to problem gambling and there was no basis for Mr McLauchlan to not accept bets from him. There has been no breach of clause 8 of the Code as it applied at the relevant time. 100In sum…
Newcastle City Council v GIO General Ltd [1997] HCA 53
Citation 13

…3] Newcastle City Council v GIO General Ltd (1997) 191 CLR 85, 102–3 (Toohey, Gaudron and Gummow JJ); Aubrey v The Queen (2017) 260 CLR 305, 325–326 [39] (Kiefel CJ, Keane, Nettle and Edelman JJ). 56The words ‘unauthorised gambling’ are to be construed consistently under the Gambling Act as they are defined in s 1.3…
Waugh v Kippen [1986] HCA 12
Citation 14

…(Mason, Dean and Dawson JJ); Waugh v Kippen (1986) 160 CLR 156, 164 (Gibbs CJ, Mason, Wilson and Dawson JJ). [53] Newcastle City Council v GIO General Ltd (1997) 191 CLR 85, 102–3 (Toohey, Gaudron and Gummow JJ); Aubrey v The Queen (2017) 260 CLR 305, 325–326 [39] (Kiefel CJ, Keane, Nettle and Edelman JJ). 56The word…
Beckwith v the Queen [1976] HCA 55
Citation 15

…Regulation Act 2003 – Gambling and Liquor Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Act 2014 Cases Cited: Beckwith v The Queen (1976) 135 CLR 569 – R v A2 (2019) 269 CLR 507 – Simpson v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 228…
Defina v Kenny [1946] HCA 20
Citation 16

…stewards of Racing Victoria at Sandown Racecourse.[29] [24] CB175-177. [25] Ex B. [26] Cf. Defina v Kenny (1946) 72 CLR 164. [27] See Outline of Defendant’s Closing, dated 22 August 2022 (‘Defendant’s Closing’) [3]. [28] Reply to Further Amended Defence, dated 11 August 2022 (‘Reply’) [3(a)] and [4(a)]. [29] See Chr…
Simpson v The Queen [2001] HCATrans 182
Citation 17

…sation) Act 2014 Cases Cited: Beckwith v The Queen (1976) 135 CLR 569 – R v A2 (2019) 269 CLR 507 – Simpson v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 228…
Simpson v The Queen [1998] HCATrans 93
Citation 18

…n Amendment (Modernisation) Act 2014 Cases Cited: Beckwith v The Queen (1976) 135 CLR 569 – R v A2 (2019) 269 CLR 507 – Simpson v The Queen (1998) 194 CLR 228…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Stanojlovic [2017] VSC 540
Citation 19

…or absolute liability. See eg DPP v Stanojlovic (2017) 53 VR 90 (Jane Dixon J). 55Consistently with the rule of statutory construction referred to by Gibbs J in Beckwith v The Queen ,[52] any ambiguity in the meaning and content of the term ‘unauthorised gambling’ should be resolved in favour of Mr McLauchlan. How…
National Australia Bank Ltd v Rice [2015] VSC 10
Citation 20

…Rose [2016] VSCA 169 (‘ Rose ’); Doggett v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2015] VSCA 351 (‘ Doggett ’); National Australia Bank v Rice [2015] VSC 10 (‘ Rice ’); Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Doggett [2014] VSC 423; Sam Management Services (Aust) Pty Ltd v Bank of Western Australia [2009] NSWCA 320; Brighton…
Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Doggett [2014] VSC 423
Citation 21

…ia [2015] VSCA 351 (‘ Doggett ’); National Australia Bank v Rice [2015] VSC 10 (‘ Rice ’); Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Doggett [2014] VSC 423; Sam Management Services (Aust) Pty Ltd v Bank of Western Australia [2009] NSWCA 320; Brighton v ANZ Banking Group Ltd [2011] NSWCA 152. 105Mr Ng relies, inter alia, u…

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