By 6 May 2022 the Respondents must pay the Applicant the sum of $25,922.45 comprising:
(a) Claim of $25,000.00; plus
(b) Filing fee of $358.00; plus
(c) Interest of $564.45.
CATCHWORDS:
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS – QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL – minor debt – liquidated demand – jurisdiction of the tribunal – where money given by one party to another party to hold – where a failure to return money - whether cause of action in contract or restitution or on the basis of a trust
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules, r 6.01, r 6.04
[14] The appellant contends that the primary judge erred in finding that the respondent had discharged the onus of establishing the matters required under the relevant provision.
[15] It was submitted that his Honour failed to give adequate weight to the evidence of the second witness, and that the findings of fact were not reasonably open on the material before the Court.
[16] The respondent, for its part, submits that no error is disclosed, and that the conclusions reached were well within the range of outcomes available to the primary judge.
Consideration
[17] It is convenient to deal first with the question of construction, as the resolution of that issue informs the remaining grounds advanced by the appellant.
[18] For the reasons that follow, we are of the view that the appeal should be allowed in part and the matter remitted for further determination.
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Waterson v Wallader [2022] QCAT 175
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[2022] QCAT 175
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In Waterson v Wallader, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) was asked to determine whether the applicant's parents were holding $25,000 of her money in trust. The money had been paid to the respondents by the applicant, who was terminally ill, in order to be kept safe. The respondents argued that they were holding the money on trust for the applicant and refused to return it to her. The applicant brought proceedings to recover the money. The legal issues were whether the money was held on trust for the applicant, and if so, whether the applicant's conduct or the nature of the transaction prevented her from recovering the money. The court found that the money was held on trust for the applicant and that there was no basis to deny her recovery of the money. The court ordered the respondents to pay the applicant the sum of $25,922.45, comprising the claim of $25,000.00, a filing fee of $358.00, and interest of $564.45.