Preview: Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Remedies with Danny Moujalli and Katie Binstock

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Misappropriated funds – can a de facto be liable? Danny Moujalli (Barrister, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers, Sydney) acted for the second defendant in Napier Keen Pty Ltd v Smith [2023] NSWSC 1134. The defendant’s partner, a bookkeeper, was already in jail for taking a million dollars from her employer over a number of years. The allegation was that her de facto partner benefited from the misappropriated funds which were placed in a joint bank account. Danny Moujalli discusses the case with Katie Binstock (Partner, Thomson Geer, Canberra). Published on: [27.06.2024]

Discussion Includes:

  • Relationship of the parties
  • Key facts
  • Plaintiff’s case against defendants
  • Standard of proof
  • Outcome of primary claim against second defendant
  • Claim for $58,000
  • Outcome in relation to proprietary remedy

Presenter Profiles

Danny Moujalli Katie Binstock

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Focus Case

  • Napier Keen Pty Ltd v Smith [2023] NSWSC 1134

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Cases

  • Baden v Société Générale pour Favoriser le Developpement du Commerce et de l’Industrie en France SA [1992] 4 All ER 161
  • Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244
  • Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336
  • National Commercial Banking Corporation of Australia Ltd v Batty (1986) 160 CLR 251

Legislation

  • Evidence Act 1995 (NSW)