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Opening Remarks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2025

Paul Finn*
Affiliation:
Federal Court of Australia

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References

1 [1897] AC 22.

2 Broderip v Salomon [1895] 2 Ch 323 at 337.

3 (1866) LR 1 HL 93.

4 Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration, “Report on Annual Reports” in Reports on Annual Reports (August-December 1993).

5 Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Airservices Australia (1997) 146 ALR 1.

6 (1788) 2 TR 667.

7 Ibid at 671-672

8 Ibid at 672-673.

9 Ibid at 673.

10 Metcalfe v Hetherington (1855) 11 Ex 257; Sutton v Clarke (1815) 6 Taunt 29.

11 (1824) 2 Bing 156 at 159-169.

12 (1991) 5 ACSR 115.

13 Compare with Lane v Cotton (1701) 1 Ld Raym 646.

14 Duncan v Findlater (1839) 6 Cl & Fin 894.

15 (1839) 11 Ad & E 223.

16 Ruck v Williams (1858) 3 H & N 308 at 320.

17 (1866) LR 1 HL 93.

18 [1984] RPC 61.

19 Ibid at 91.

20 [1992] 2 NZLR 517; see also, Borrowdale, A and Simpson, M, “Directors Liability in Tort: Recent Developments” (1995) 13 Company and Securities Law Journal 400Google Scholar.

21 The constitutional validity of s 75B is unquestionable: see Fencott v Muller (1983) 152 CLR 570.

22 [1961] 1 NZLR 325.

23 [1895] 2 Ch 323 at 338.

24 Sales, P, “The Tort of Conspiracy and Civil Secondary Liability” (1990) Cambridge Law Journal 491CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

25 Ibid at 502-503.

26 Ibid at 503.

27 [1992] 2 NZLR 517 at 523.

28 Mentmore Manufacturing Co Ltd v National Merchandising Manufacturing Co Inc (1978) 89 DLR (3d) 195-an influential decision.

29 Most notably in inducing breach of contract claims: Said v Butt [1920] 3 KR 497.

30 King v Milpurrurru (1996) 136 ALR 327 at 350 per Beasley J.

31 Ibid.

32 Mentmore Manufacturing (1978) 89 DLR (3d) 195 at 203.

33 Consul Development Pty Ltd v DPC Estates Pty Ltd (1975) 132 CLR 373; 5 ALR 231. SeeRoyal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd v Tan [1995] 3 WLR 64 and the cases and writings referred to therein;Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1;Equiticorp Finance Ltd v Bank of New Zealand (1993) 32 NSWLR 50 per Kirby P; G Bogert, TheLaw of Trusts and Trustees (2nd ed) at para 901; Oakley, “Liability of a Stranger as a Constructive Trustee” in Cope (ed),Equity: Issues and Trends (1995).

34 Shuster v North American Mortgage Loan Co,40 NE 2d 130 (1942);Seven G Ranching Co v Stewart Title & Trust of Tucson,627 P 2d 1088 (1981); see also,Scott on Trusts (4th ed) at para 326.3; G Bogert, above n 33 at para 901, esp fn 10.

35 Young v Murphy (1994) 13 ACSR 722; Biala Pty Ltd v Mallina Holdings Ltd (1993) 11 ACSR785 at 832.

36 Australian Securities Commission v AS Nominees Ltd (1995) 133 ALR 1.

37 (1996) 142 ALR 111.

38 Ibid at 126.

39 (1997) at 16, 066.