GP Building Holdings Pty Ltd v Voitin
Court of Appeal
Niall, Sifris and Walker JJA
30/09/2022
[2022] VSCA 210
Equity — Fiduciary obligation — Breach — Accessory liability — Knowing receipt — Solicitor misappropriated client monies from trust account — Whether solicitor’s spouse knowingly received misappropriated trust property — Whether spouse had constructive knowledge or ‘ought to have known’ the source of receipts — Standard of proof of knowledge for liability in knowing receipt — Evidence Act 2008 (Vic), s 140
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