Wilton v Farnworth

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1948] HCA 20,1948-0914 HCA B
Date1948
Year1948
CourtHigh Court
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33 cases
  • Toll (Fgct) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 11 Noviembre 2004
    ...agreement itself to prove that the defendant has assented to it.’ 43 More recently, in words that are apposite to the present case, in Wilton v Farnworth10 Latham CJ said: ‘In the absence of fraud or some other of the special circumstances of the character mentioned, a man cannot escape the......
  • Prendergast v Joyce
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 13 Febrero 2009
    ...April, 1987). O'Rorke v. Bolingbroke [1876-1877] 2 App. Cas. 814. Provincial Bank v. McKeever [1941] 1 I.R. 471. Wilton v. Farnworth (1948) 76 C.L.R. 646. Equity - Undue influence - Improvident transaction - Whether presumption of undue influence arose - Whether presumption rebutted - Wheth......
  • Howell Evans and Others v David Edward Rees Lloyd and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 24 Junio 2013
    ..."appears to be particularly vigorous" ( Lawrence v Poorah, at para 20), see the decisions of the High Court of Australia in Wilton v Farnworth (1948) 76 C.L.R. 646 and Louth v Diprose (1992) 175 C.L.R. 621. For the Republic of Ireland, see Prendergast v Joyce [2009] IEHC 199, where Langton ......
  • Cohen v iSoft Group Pty Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
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2 books & journal articles
  • THE UNCONSCIONABLE BARGAINS DOCTRINE IN ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA: COUSINS OR SIBLINGS?
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 45 No. 1, August 2021
    • 1 Agosto 2021
    ...properly so-called, is necessary; for example, the doctrine can be used to set aside unilateral gifts: see, eg, Wilton vFarnworth (1948) 76 CLR 646 (2) See, eg, Boustany v Pigott (1995) 69 P & CR 298, 303 (Lord Templeman) ('Boustany'); Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland NV v Export Credit G......
  • SINGAPORE ACADEMY OF LAW ANNUAL LECTURE 2007: “AUSTRALIA’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMON LAW”
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2008, December 2008
    • 1 Diciembre 2008
    ...Bank Ltd[1982] QB 84; Gillett v Holt[2001] Ch 210; National Westminster Bank plc v Somer International (UK) Ltd[2002] QB 1286. 23 (1948) 76 CLR 646. 24 (1956) 99 CLR 362. 25 (1983) 151 CLR 447 (“Amadio”). 26 Moffatt v Moffatt [1984] 1 NZLR 600; Nichols v Jessup[1986] 1 NZLR 226; Bowkert v A......

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