Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeGleeson CJ,Hayne,Heydon JJ.,McHugh J.,Kirby J.
Judgment Date02 December 2004
Neutral Citation2004-1202 HCA A,[2004] HCA 60
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberS548/2003
Date02 December 2004
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4 firm's commentaries
  • Competition & Consumer Law News – 5 July 2017
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 6 July 2017
    ...or deceptive conduct - Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) s 12DA(1) - Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 60; (2004) 218 CLR 592 considered and applied. TRADE PRACTICES - Statutory unconscionability - Whether statutory unconscionability requires 'm......
  • Property & Projects - What's News in Property & Projects - 26 June 2012
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 1 July 2012
    ...of Plaintiffs to establish loss or damage – Gould v Vaggelas [1985] HCA 85; (1985) 157 CLR 215; Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 60; (2004) 218 CLR 592; ACCC v Dukemaster Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 682 – Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 5(1), 6(2), 52, 53, 53A, 75B, 82 – Fair Trad......
  • Inside Track: Competition & Consumer Law: In the media, Practice and regulation, Cases and Legislation
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 25 May 2020
    ...Insurance Broking Pty Ltd v BMW Australia Finance Ltd [2010] HCA 31; (2010) 241 CLR 357, Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 60; (2004) 218 CLR 592, considered - Whether representation by lawyer to client promoter - Alleged 'indirect' causation of loss to investor - TPT Patrol......
  • Misleading or deceptive conduct in commercial transactions: always assume the ACL catches all
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 15 February 2015
    ...actions as investors try to offset losses", Australian Financial Review, 13 June 2014. 2See, eg Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 592. 3 See, eg Poulet Frais Pty Ltd v The Silver Fox Company Pty Ltd [2005] FCAFC 4 See, eg Firstmac Fiduciary Services Pty Ltd v HSBC Bank o......
3 books & journal articles
  • CONSUMER PROTECTION, STATUTE AND
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2016, December 2016
    • 1 December 2016
    ...1085 at [21]. 58 Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act (Cap 52A, 2009 Rev Ed) s 13(1). 59 See, eg, Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd[2004] HCA 60; (2004) 218 CLR 592. Compare, however, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v TPG Internet Pty Ltd(2013) 250 CLR 640. 60Freely Pt......
  • Causation in Securities and Financial Product Disclosure Cases: An Analysis and Critique
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 47-3, September 2019
    • 1 September 2019
    ...against any person involved in the contravention’.111. Campbell, above n 90, 341 [102], quoting Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 592,623 [103] (McHugh J).112. Ibid 341 [102].113. Ibid351 [143], approving a statement of Giles JA to this effect in Campbell v Backoffice In......
  • Protecting Consumer Privacy and Data Security: Regulatory Challenges and Potential Future Directions
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 45-1, March 2017
    • 1 March 2017
    ...(Cth) in Sternberg v The Queen (1953) 8 CLR 646 and Davidson v Watson (1953) 28 ALJ 63,64. 140 Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 592. 141 ASIC Act, s 12DB(1). 86 Federal Law Review Volume 45 ________________________________________________________________________________......

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