Yerkey v Jones
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judgment Date | 1939 |
| Neutral Citation | 1939-0306 HCA A,[1939] HCA 3 |
| Date | 1939 |
| Year | 1939 |
| Court | High Court |
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84 cases
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Barclays Bank Plc v O'Brien
...any presumption of undue influence, said that a court of equity "will have more jealousy" over dispositions by a wife to a husband. In Yerkey v. Jones (1939) 63 C.L.R. 649 Dixon J. (at p. 675 et seq.) refers to this "invalidating tendency". He also refers to the court recognising "the oppor......
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Royal Bank of Scotland Plc v Etridge (No 2); Kenyon-Brown v Desmond Banks & Company (Undue Influence) (No 2); Bank of Scotland v Bennett; UCB Home Loans Corporation Ltd v Moore; National Westminster Bank Plc v Gill; Midland Bank Plc v Wallace; Barclays Bank Plc v Harris; Barclays Bank Plc v Coleman
...is now well established that husband and wife is not one of the relationships to which this latter principle applies. In Yerkey v Jones (1939) 63 CLR 649, 675 Dixon J explained the reason. The Court of Chancery was not blind to the opportunities of obtaining and unfairly using influence ove......
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Barclays Bank Plc v O'Brien
...analysis of the cases and of the relevant equitable principles is to be found in the judgment of Dixon J. (as he then was) in Yerkey v. Jones [1940] 63 C.L.R. 649. The facts are important. The husband, Jones, contracted a debt of £3,300 to the plaintiff creditor. It was a term of the contra......
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3 firm's commentaries
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Property & Projects What's News - 23 September 2014
...was a volunteer in transaction - whether bank had knowledge of any undue influence - independent legal advice provided - Yerkey v Jones [1939] HCA 3; (1939) 63 CLR 649 - Garcia v National Australia Bank [1998] HCA 48; (1998) 194 CLR 395 - Blomley v Ryan [1956] HCA 81; (1956) 99 CLR 362 - Co......
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Queensland Court of Appeal denies wife relief from guarantee
...that when engaging in any transaction where the guarantor is or might be a 'wife', the lender take particular care. Footnotes 1 (1939) 63 CLR 649 2 (1998) 194 CLR 395 3 (1993) 151 CLR 447 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist ad......
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Some wives are more special than others
...the SWE. Footnotes 1 Garcia v National Australia Bank Ltd (1998) 194 CLR 395 at 404. 2 State Bank of NSW v Hibbert [2000] NSWSC 628. 3 (1939) 63 CLR 649. 4 Ibid at 683. 5 (1998) 194 CLR 395 at 409. 6 Schultz v Bank of Queensland [2014] QSC 305 at [32]. 7 Yerkey v Jones (1939) 63 CLR 649, 67......
3 books & journal articles
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The 2017 Winterton Lecture. Sir Owen Dixon Today
...[2014] HCA 19. 105 (2014) 253 CLR 560, [85]-[87], [149]-[151]; [2014] HCA 14. 106 [2016] HCA 26, [139]-[141]. 107 (1939) 63 CLR 649; [1939] HCA 3. 108 (1998) 194 CLR 395, [113]; [1998] HCA v Jones109offers”, and Gaudron, McHugh, Gummow and Hayne JJ left open the question whether what was sa......
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EQUITY AND OPPORTUNISM IN THE LAW OF CONTRACT:
...Andrew Phang & Hans Tjio, “The Uncertain Boundaries of Undue Influence” [2002] Lloyd's Maritime Commercial Law Quarterly 231 at 236. 172(1939) 63 CLR 649. 173 See para 50 above and Garcia v National Australia Bank Ltd(1998) 194 CLR 395; HCA 48 and discussion in Meagher, Gummow & Lehane's Eq......
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MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAW OF RESTITUTION
...34 Ch.D. 582. 49 [1994] 1 All E.R. 35, 41. 50 [1934] A.C. 468. 51 Cf. text from n.59 below. 52 [1994] A.C. 180. 53 [1994] A.C. 200. 54 (1939) 63 C.L.R. 649. 55 [1990] 1 Q.B. 923 (CA). 56 [1985] A.C. 686. 57 Johnson v. Buttress (1936) 56 C.L.R. 113, Baburin v. Baburin[1990] 2 Qd. R. 101per K......