Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Haxton
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | French CJ,Crennan,Kiefel JJ.,Gummow,Bell JJ.,Heydon J. |
| Judgment Date | 08 March 2012 |
| Neutral Citation | [2012] HCA 7,2012-0308 HCA B |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | Matter No M128/2010 Matter Nos M130/2010, M131/2010 & M132/2010 |
| Date | 08 March 2012 |
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71 cases
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SPV Osus Ltd v HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) Ltd
...Suisse [1982] A.C. 679 (H.L.) has been adopted with approval in Australia in Equuscorp Pty Ltd. v. Cunningham's Warehouse Sales Pty Ltd. [2012] HCA 7, (2012) C.L.R. 498, and in New Zealand in B.C. 160361 (Fleetwood Apartments) v B.C. 2004 and B.C. 2009 Ltd. [2014] NZHC 1514, [2014] 3 NZLR ......
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Investment Trust Companies v Revenue and Customs Commissioner
...to a transaction directly between the claimant and the defendant. Similarly, where the right to restitution is assigned, as in Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Haxton [2012] HCA 7; 246 CLR 498; 86 AJLR 296, the claimant stands in the shoes of the assignor, and is therefore treated as if he had been a p......
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Australian Financial Services and Leasing Pty Ltd v Hills Industries Ltd
...(1992) 175 CLR 353; [1992] HCA 48. 13 Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Haxton (2012) 246 CLR 498 at 516 [30] per French CJ, Crennan and Kiefel JJ; [2012] HCA 7. 14 (1760) 2 Burr 1005 at 1012 per Lord Mansfield [ 97 ER 676 at 15 (1760) 2 Burr 1005 at 1012 [ 97 ER 676 at 680–681]. See also Bize v Dickason......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Passing your assignments: Getting straight As as an assignee of debt - lessons from the High Court
...unspecific language – providing a reminder of the importance of express and specific drafting. Background In Equuscorp Pty Limited v Haxton[2012] HCA 7, the respondents invested in tax driven blueberry farming schemes. In breach of the Companies Code of each respondent's home state, a prosp......
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The importance of comprehensive assignment provisions in debt trade documentation
...provision in any transfer documentation. Failure to do so may limit the rights of any purchaser of the debt (Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Haxton [2012] HCA 7). Equuscorp Pty Ltd commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria claiming "loss and damage" stemming from breaches of certain loan a......
5 books & journal articles
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Contract formation
...Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 215 at 218–219, per Dawson and Toohey JJ; Miller v Miller [2011] HCA 9 at [24]; Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Haxton [2012] HCA 7 at [23]. 118 ContraCt ForMation 2.167 he question of whether a statute renders a contract unenforceable depends upon a range of factors, 525 includi......
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Lecture - ONES DAY PROFESSORSHIP OF COMMERCIAL LAW LECTURE 2019 – “THE STATE OF ILLEGALITY”
...v Geraght and Co [2001] QB 570, where the claimant was a partner in the firm of solicitors. 36 Nelson v Nelson (1995) 184 CLR 538. 37 [2012] HCA 7. See also Miller v Miller [2011] HCA 9; (2011) 242 CLR 446. 38 Cross v Kirby [2000] EWCA Civ 426 at [76], per Beldam LJ. 39 [2014] UKSC 55; [201......
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Litigation Funding, Assignment of Actions and Access to Justice: SPV Osus v HSBC [2018] IESC 44
...from the proceedings and purport to substitute the assignee. 59 52 Equuscorp Pty Limited v Cunningham’s Warehouse Sales Pty Limited [2012] HCA 7. 53 BC 160361 (Fleetwood Apartments) v BC 2004 and BC 2009 Limited [2014] NZHC 1514, [2014] 3 NZLR 758. 54 Fredrickson v Insurance Corporation of ......
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Money laundering regulation and the African PEP: case for tougher civil remedy options
...explanation of its role in either context (Bant, 2012).To this effect, therefore, the Australia decision in Equuscorp Pty Limited v. Haxton[2012] HCA 7; (2012) 86 ALJR 296 claries the role of illegality for this purpose,referring to it as a “compendious term for the principle that a plaint......
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