Counsel for the defendant on a High Court claim relating to purchase of a residential property (four day trial), with judgment for the defendant upheld on appeal. The issues included agency, knowing receipt, competing equitable priorities and the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act. The Court awarded increased costs in relation to the proceeding and a related caveat matter: High Court, 2014; Court of Appeal, 2015; High Court costs judgment, 2015. In a separate proceeding between the same parties, the High Court made an order for possession of the property on summary basis (2015).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Counsel for the defendant on a High Court claim relating to purchase of a residential property (four day trial), with judgment for the defendant upheld on appeal. The issues included agency, knowing receipt, competing equitable priorities and the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act. The Court awarded increased costs in relation to the proceeding and a related caveat matter: High Court, 2014; Court of Appeal, 2015; High Court costs judgment, 2015. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"portfolio_category":[463,453,451],"portfolio_skills":[371],"portfolio_tags":[438,425,434,426,431,466],"yoast_head":"\n