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McLauchlan v Ng

Case [2023] VCC 483 31 March 2023

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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

Cases Citing This Decision

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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…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Stanojlovic [2017] VSC 540
Citation 4

…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…
Smith v The Queen [2017] HCA 19
Citation 5

…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 6

…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 7

…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 8

…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 9

…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…
National Australia Bank Ltd v Rice [2015] VSC 10
Citation 10

…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…
Hudson v Sigalla [2014] FCCA 1652
Citation 11

…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…
Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Doggett [2014] VSC 423
Citation 12

…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…
Brighton v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2011] NSWCA 152
Citation 13

…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 14

…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 15

…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…
Simpson v The Queen [1998] HCATrans 93
Citation 16

…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…
Newcastle City Council v GIO General Ltd [1997] HCA 53
Citation 17

…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 18

…(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 19

…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 20

…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…
Deming No 456 Pty Ltd v Brisbane Unit Development Corporation Pty Ltd [1983] HCA 44
Citation 21

…isbane Unit Development Corporation Pty Ltd (1983) 155 CLR 129, 145 (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…
[1909] 1 KB 57 [1909] 1 KB 57
Citation 22

…the Racing Act, do not have the status same as regulations made under that Act.[41] [41] See Willingale v Norris [1909] 1 KB 57, followed in Sinclair v Brown Coal Liquefaction (Victoria Pty Ltd) [1992] 1 VR 190, cited by Judge Driver in Hudson v Sigalla at fn 123. 44There is no direct authority on point. The obi…
2019 CB46 2019 CB46
Citation 23

…les 2001 (‘Telephone Betting Rules’).[8] [7] Effective as at 1 August 2019 CB46–99. These rules are promulgated pursuant to s 91A of the Racing Act. [8] Effective as at 15 December 2016 CB35–45. These rules are approved by the Minister pursuant to s 4A of the Racing Act. 7In particular, Mr Ng relies on the f…
2016 CB35 2016 CB35
Citation 24

…ursuant to s 91A of the Racing Act. [8] Effective as at 15 December 2016 CB35–45. These rules are approved by the Minister pursuant to s 4A of the Racing Act. 7In particular, Mr Ng relies on the fact Mr McLauchlan did not obtain Mr Ng’s signature on a form authorising Mr McLauchlan to accept bets by telephon…
2018 CB100 2018 CB100
Citation 25

…CB100–108. [17] At the relevant time, the Code contained no indicia of what constitutes ‘distress that may be related to problem gambling’. Clause 6 of the present version of the Code, Version 1.03 – Last Updated: 25 September 2020, contains a non-exhaustive list of 17 indicia of distress, including ‘changin…
8 CB104 8 CB104
Citation 26

…he was ‘under stress’ or he was a ‘problem gambler’.[78] [76] The Code cl 8 CB104. [77] Ibid. [78] T215.18–23. 86Indeed, Mr Ng did not appear to have much understanding of what constitutes ‘problem gambling’. He thought a problem gambler was ‘probably losing control’[79] and at the end of the day on 18 Apr…

Legislation Cited

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Monetary Units Act 2004 (Vic) 4, 57, 6
3 mentions
Evidence Act 2008 (Vic)
1 mention
Gambling and Liquor Legislation Amendment (Modernisation) Act 2014 (Vic)
1 mention
Gambling Regulation Act 2003 (Vic)
1 mention
Racing Act 1958 (Vic)
1 mention