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Sunlea Enterprises Pty Ltd as Trustee for Drummond Cove Unit Trust v Pollock [No 3] (WASC) - pleadings - strike out application - allegation of implication in breach of trust by participation with actual knowledge - application dismissed
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Dennis Wheelahan QC and Richard Douglas QC present on State of Queensland v Kelly [2014] QCA 27
In this edition of Benchmark Television, Dennis Wheelahan QC and Richard Douglas QC discuss negligence litigation with particular reference to the Queensland Supreme Court of Appeal’s decision in Queensland v Kelly [2014] QCA 27. Mr Douglas acted as leading counsel for the respondent.
 
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Sunlea Enterprises Pty Ltd as Trustee for Drummond Cove Unit Trust v Pollock [No 3] [2015] WASC 330
Supreme Court of Western Australia
Allanson J
Pleadings - strike out application by first defendant - plea concerned challenged borrowings and payments - plaintiff sought to implicate first defendant in breach of trust by alleging he participated in it with actual knowledge - first defendant contended material facts pleaded did not provide proper basis for attributing 'an intimate knowledge of the source and limitations on Sandpiper's authority' to him as pleaded - O20 r 8 Rules of the Supreme Court 1971 (WA) - held: there was arguable case of knowledge pleaded - Court satisfied plea gave first defendant sufficient notice of case to be met and disclosed reasonable cause of action - application dismissed.
Sunlea