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Worldwide Enterprises Pty Ltd v Silberman
[2010] VSCA 17
…ing Simplex. His Honour was not satisfied, having regard to the principles stated by the Court of Appeal in Worldwide Enterprises Pty Ltd v Silberman [2010] VSCA 17, that it would be proper to grant Dr Refaat leave as a non-legally qualified person to represent Simplex in the proceeding. His Honour observed that…
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GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd v Ritchie
[2008] VSC 164
…9; Foss v Harbottle (1843) 67 ER 189; Cachia v Hanes (1994) 179 CLR 403; Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [1987] Ch 117; GSK Australia Pty Ltd v Ritchie (2008) 77 IPR 306; Judgment: 1. The defendant/counterclaimant, within 14 days to bring in short minutes to give effect to these reasons. 2. Costs reserved…
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd
[2001] HCA 63
…ses such as Moorgate Tobacco Co Ltd v Philip Morris Ltd (No 2) (1984) 156 CLR 414…and Australian Broadcasting Corp v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 199…, it was confirmed that the all-encompassing basis noted at 2 above is, and always was, the basis for equity’s intervention.”…
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Cachia v Hanes
[1994] HCA 14
…Shire of Hastings (1977) 52 ALJR 20; Shepherd v Felt & Textiles of Australia Ltd (1931) 45 CLR 359; Foss v Harbottle (1843) 67 ER 189; Cachia v Hanes (1994) 179 CLR 403; Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [1987] Ch 117; GSK Australia Pty Ltd v Ritchie (2008) 77 IPR 306; Judgment: 1. The defendant/counterclaimant, within 1…
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Ankar Pty Ltd v National Westminster Finance (Australia) Ltd
[1987] HCA 15
…been thrown on this proposition by a majority of the High Court of Australia in Ankar Pty Ltd v National Westminster Finance (Australia) Ltd [1987] 162 CLR 549, 562. Nevertheless, provisions as to the time, place, and mode of shipment, and the amount of the shipment, would appear prima facie to be conditions a…
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BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings
[1977] UKPCHCA 1
…Donald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457; Charles Rickards Ltd v Oppenheim [1950] 1 KB 616; BP Refinery (Westport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 52 ALJR 20; Shepherd v Felt & Textiles of Australia Ltd (1931) 45 CLR 359; Foss v Harbottle (1843) 67 ER 189; Cachia v Hanes (1994) 179 CLR 403; Faccenda Chicke…
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Australian Knitting Mills Ltd v Grant
[1933] HCA 35
…[8] Sutton op cit 302; Australian Knitting Mills v Grant (1933) 50 CLR 387, 417-8 per Dixon J (as he then was)…
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McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd
[1933] HCA 25
…ds Act 1958; Part 2.5 Personal Property Securities Act 2009; Sections 54, 55 Electrical Safety Act 1998; Cases Cited: McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457; Charles Rickards Ltd v Oppenheim [1950] 1 KB 616; BP Refinery (Westport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 52 ALJR 20; Shepherd v Felt & Textiles o…
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Shepherd v Felt & Textiles of Australia Ltd
[1931] HCA 21
…ds Ltd v Oppenheim [1950] 1 KB 616; BP Refinery (Westport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 52 ALJR 20; Shepherd v Felt & Textiles of Australia Ltd (1931) 45 CLR 359; Foss v Harbottle (1843) 67 ER 189; Cachia v Hanes (1994) 179 CLR 403; Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [1987] Ch 117; GSK Australia Pty Ltd v Ritchie (…
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Grant v Australian Knitting Mills
[1935] UKPC 2
…[8] Sutton op cit 302; Australian Knitting Mills v Grant (1933) 50 CLR 387, 417-8 per Dixon J (as he then was)…
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Moorgate Tobacco Co Ltd v Philip Morris Ltd (no 2)
[1984] HCA 73
…“The all-encompassing protection against the misuse of secret information is based on the doctrine called ‘breach of confidence’ which is the intervention of equity to prevent unconscientious conduct in the misuse or disclosure of confidential information. Equity intervenes based on the conscience o…
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[1950] 1 KB 616
[1950] 1 KB 616
…ct 2009; Sections 54, 55 Electrical Safety Act 1998; Cases Cited: McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457; Charles Rickards Ltd v Oppenheim [1950] 1 KB 616; BP Refinery (Westport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 52 ALJR 20; Shepherd v Felt & Textiles of Australia Ltd (1931) 45 CLR 359; Foss v Harbottl…
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67 ER 189
67 ER 189
…he macro level but also at the micro level in relation to companies such as Simplex. This is known as the rule in Foss v Harbottle (1843) 2 HARE 461; 67 ER 189. The learned editors of Ford’s Principles of Corporations Law, 14 th edition state at [11.300]:…
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Foss v Harbottle
(1843) 67 ER 189
…BP Refinery (Westport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 52 ALJR 20; Shepherd v Felt & Textiles of Australia Ltd (1931) 45 CLR 359; Foss v Harbottle (1843) 67 ER 189; Cachia v Hanes (1994) 179 CLR 403; Faccenda Chicken Ltd v Fowler [1987] Ch 117; GSK Australia Pty Ltd v Ritchie (2008) 77 IPR 306; Judgment: 1. The…
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[1925] 1 KB 260
[1925] 1 KB 260
…[6] Sutton op cit 259; Baldry v Marshall [1925] 1 KB 260…
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Shears v Rogers
155 ER 48
…ch he was unaware when he discharged him ( Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Co v Ansell (1888) LR 39 Ch D 339; Spotswood v Barrow , (1850) 5 Ex 110, 155 ER 48; Willetts v Green (1850) 3 Car. & Ker. 59, 175 ER 462; Mercer v Whall , (1845) 5 QB 447 at p 466, 114 ER 1318 at p 1325; Ridgway v Hungerford Market Co…
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Mercer v Whall
(1845) 5 QB 447
…sell (1888) LR 39 Ch D 339; Spotswood v Barrow , (1850) 5 Ex 110, 155 ER 48; Willetts v Green (1850) 3 Car. & Ker. 59, 175 ER 462; Mercer v Whall , (1845) 5 QB 447 at p 466, 114 ER 1318 at p 1325; Ridgway v Hungerford Market Company , (1835) 3 A. & E. 171, 111 ER 378. It is true that the agreement between the appe…
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Pty Ltd v Minister for Public Works
111 ER 378
…Ker. 59, 175 ER 462; Mercer v Whall , (1845) 5 QB 447 at p 466, 114 ER 1318 at p 1325; Ridgway v Hungerford Market Company , (1835) 3 A. & E. 171, 111 ER 378. It is true that the agreement between the appellant and the respondents does not amount to a contract of service. But the rule is of general applicati…
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Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Company v Ansell
(1888) 39 ChD 339
…ver, that a servant's dismissal may be justified upon grounds on which his master did not act, and of which he was unaware when he discharged him ( Boston Deep Sea Fishing and Ice Co v Ansell (1888) LR 39 Ch D 339; Spotswood v Barrow , (1850) 5 Ex 110, 155 ER 48; Willetts v Green (1850) 3 Car. & Ker. 59, 175 ER 462; Mercer v Whall , (1845) 5 QB 447…
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Mercer v Whall
114 ER 1318
…; Spotswood v Barrow , (1850) 5 Ex 110, 155 ER 48; Willetts v Green (1850) 3 Car. & Ker. 59, 175 ER 462; Mercer v Whall , (1845) 5 QB 447 at p 466, 114 ER 1318 at p 1325; Ridgway v Hungerford Market Company , (1835) 3 A. & E. 171, 111 ER 378. It is true that the agreement between the appellant and the responde…
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Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings
1933 AC 20
…ty Act 1998; Cases Cited: McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457; Charles Rickards Ltd v Oppenheim [1950] 1 KB 616; BP Refinery (Westport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 52 ALJR 20; Shepherd v Felt & Textiles of Australia Ltd (1931) 45 CLR 359; Foss v Harbottle (1843) 67 ER 189; Cachia v Hanes (1994) 179 CLR 403; Facc…
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[1950] 1 KB 623
[1950] 1 KB 623
…on; and eventually at the end of June he gave notice saying that, unless the car was delivered by July 25, 1948, he would not accept it.”[2] [1][1950] 1 KB 623-4 per Denning LJ (as he then was) [2] ibid 616, 623…
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Sea Fishing and Ice Co v Ansell
175 ER 462
…p Sea Fishing and Ice Co v Ansell (1888) LR 39 Ch D 339; Spotswood v Barrow , (1850) 5 Ex 110, 155 ER 48; Willetts v Green (1850) 3 Car. & Ker. 59, 175 ER 462; Mercer v Whall , (1845) 5 QB 447 at p 466, 114 ER 1318 at p 1325; Ridgway v Hungerford Market Company , (1835) 3 A. & E. 171, 111 ER 378. It is true t…
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[1922] 1 KB 55
[1922] 1 KB 55
…[9] Sumner Permain & Co v Webb & Co [1922] 1 KB 55; Sutton op cit 289…