Equity (incl. Trusts)
Express trusts, fiduciary duties, breach of confidence, equitable estoppel, equitable remedies and defences.
Dominant casebooks
- Equity: Doctrines and Remedies — Heydon, Leeming & Turner · LexisNexis (5th)dominant
- Equity and Trusts in Australia — G E Dal Pont · Lawbook Co (8th)
Briefed authorities
- Sidhu v Van Dyke Sidhu v Van Dyke (2014) 251 CLR 505
Proprietary estoppel — reliance on assurance presumed once shown to be material.
- Bofinger v Kingsway Group Ltd Bofinger v Kingsway Group Ltd (2009) 239 CLR 269
Equitable subrogation — guarantor's right to surety stands independent of contract.
- Pilmer v Duke Group Ltd (in liq) Pilmer v Duke Group Ltd (in liq) (2001) 207 CLR 165
Auditors and fiduciary duty — narrow scope where contract defines the relationship.
- Giumelli v Giumelli Giumelli v Giumelli (1999) 196 CLR 101
Proprietary estoppel — court may impose constructive trust as the minimum equity.
- Breen v Williams Breen v Williams (1996) 186 CLR 71
Doctor-patient relationship — fiduciary duties have proscriptive, not prescriptive, scope.
- Commonwealth v Verwayen Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394
Equitable estoppel — single doctrine, detriment proportionate to relief.
- Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387
Promissory estoppel as a sword — cause of action in equity, not just defence.
- Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41
Fiduciary duties in commercial context — undertaking to act in another's interest.
- Boardman v Phipps Boardman v Phipps [1967] 2 AC 46
No-profit rule — fiduciary liable to account for any unauthorised profit (cited extensively in AU).
Briefs follow the Australian Guide to Legal Citation 4th ed. Source judgments via AustLII. Browse the full AU case library for every briefed authority across Priestley 11.