Aktas v Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd 65

[2010] HCA 25; (2010) 241 CLR 79; (2010) 268 ALR 409; (2010) 84 ALJR 551; [2010] Aust Torts Reports 62-066

High Court of Australia

Australia - Commonwealth

4th August, 2010

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Palmer v McGowan (No 5)	[2022] FCA 893; (2022) 404 ALR 621	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	2 Aug 2022	AustLII	17
Duckett v Mitchell	[2021] VCC 1108	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	19 Aug 2021	AustLII
Peterson v Simopoulos	[2021] VCC 1080	County Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	13 Aug 2021	AustLII	2
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Wong v National Australia Bank Ltd	[2021] FCA 671	Federal Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	22 Jun 2021	AustLII	31
Bailey v WIN Television NSW Pty Ltd	[2020] NSWCA 352; (2020) 104 NSWLR 541	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	22 Dec 2020	AustLII	7
Defteros v Google LLC	[2020] VSC 219	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	30 Apr 2020	AustLII	8
Stoltenberg v Bolton; Loder v Bolton	[2020] NSWCA 45; (2020) 380 ALR 145	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	20 Mar 2020	AustLII	38
Haig v Bowden	[2020] NSWCA 28; (2020) 101 NSWLR 729	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	3 Mar 2020	AustLII	22
Murray v Raynor	[2019] NSWCA 274	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	13 Nov 2019	AustLII	18
Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Gayle	[2019] NSWCA 172; 372 ALR 287; (2019) 100 NSWLR 155	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	16 Jul 2019	AustLII	15
Kalsbeek v Max Solutions Pty Ltd	[2018] WADC 183	District Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	21 Dec 2018	AustLII	2
Armstrong v McIntosh	[2018] WASC 364	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	27 Nov 2018	AustLII	2
Pinksterboer v Coumi	[2018] SADC 25	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	29 Mar 2018	AustLII	2
Mowen v Rockhampton Regional Council; Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd v Mowen	[2017] QSC 295	Supreme Court of Queensland	Australia - Queensland	20 Dec 2017	AustLII	2
Rayney v Western Australia (No 9)	[2017] WASC 367	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	15 Dec 2017	AustLII	31
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Cripps v Vakras	[2014] VSC 279	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	20 Jun 2014	AustLII	43
Mather v Smith	[2014] QCA 65	Supreme Court of Queensland - Court of Appeal	Australia - Queensland	4 Apr 2014	AustLII	2
Visscher v Maritime Union of Australia (No 6)	[2014] NSWSC 350; (2014) 98 NSWLR 764; [2014] Aust Torts Reports 62-165	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	31 Mar 2014	AustLII	27
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Bushara v Nobananas Pty Ltd	[2013] NSWSC 225	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	22 Mar 2013	AustLII	2
Marshall v Megna	[2013] NSWCA 30	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	25 Feb 2013	AustLII	31
Papaconstuntinos v Holmes a Court	[2012] HCA 53; (2012) 249 CLR 534; (2012) 293 ALR 215; (2012) 87 ALJR 110	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	5 Dec 2012	AustLII	50
Harbour Radio Pty Ltd v Trad	[2012] HCA 44; (2012) 247 CLR 31; (2012) 292 ALR 192; (2012) 86 ALJR 1256	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	5 Oct 2012	AustLII	53
Lloyd-Jones v Allen	[2012] NSWCA 230	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	1 Aug 2012	AustLII	9
Daily Examiner Pty Ltd v Mundine	[2012] NSWCA 195	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	28 Jun 2012	AustLII	16
Association of Quality Child Care Centres of NSW v Manefield	[2012] NSWCA 123	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	7 May 2012	AustLII	7
Sturt v Bishop of Newcastle	[2012] NSWSC 400	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	27 Apr 2012	AustLII	13
McDonald v SA	[2012] SADC 54	District Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	20 Apr 2012	AustLII	4
Korean Times Pty Ltd v Un Dok Pak	[2011] NSWCA 365	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	30 Nov 2011	AustLII	7
LVMH Watch & Jewellery Australia Pty Ltd v Lassanah	[2011] NSWCA 370	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	28 Nov 2011	AustLII	16
Cantwell v Sinclair	[2011] NSWSC 1244	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	25 Oct 2011	AustLII	6
Sands v South Australia	[2011] SASC 146	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	16 Sep 2011	AustLII	5
Wookey v Quigley [No 3]	[2011] WASC 227	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	1 Sep 2011	AustLII	1
Cush v Dillon; Boland v Dillon	[2011] HCA 30; (2011) 243 CLR 298; (2011) 279 ALR 631; (2011) 85 ALJR 865	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	10 Aug 2011	AustLII	72
Tolega Pty Ltd v Sandell	[2011] SASC 100; (2011) 110 SASR 42	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	22 Jun 2011	AustLII	1
Walsh v Nationwide News Pty Ltd	[2011] NSWDC 42	District Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	17 Jun 2011	AustLII
Holmes a Court v Papaconstuntinos	[2011] NSWCA 59; [2011] Aust Torts Reports 82-081	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	21 Mar 2011	AustLII	16
Manefield v Child Care NSW	[2010] NSWSC 1420	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	15 Dec 2010	AustLII	20
Boland v Dillon; Cush v Dillon	[2010] HCATrans 333	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	10 Dec 2010	AustLII
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Ray Chesterton v Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd	[2010] NSWSC 982	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	1 Sep 2010	AustLII	2
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Law Journal Articles Referring to this Case

Journal Article Title	Citation(s)	Author	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text		Citation Index
"Mistake and Qualified Privilege"	[2010] NSWBarAssocNews 58	Gleeson, Catherine	Australia	circa 2010	AustLII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Banking Act 1959 (Cth)
Cheques Act 1986 (Cth)	s1, s17, s36, s67, s69
Cheques and Payment Orders Act 1986 (Cth)	s67
Cheques and Payment Orders Amendment Act 1998 (Cth)
Defamation Act 2005 (NSW)
Defamation Act 1974 (NSW)
Property, Stock and Business Agents Act 1941 (NSW)	s7A, s8, s11, s20, s22

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text	Citation Index
Aktas v Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd	[2009] NSWCA 9	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	9 Feb 2009	AustLII	31
Aktas v Westpac Banking Corporation Ltd	[2007] NSWSC 1261	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	7 Nov 2007	AustLII	4
John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Gacic	[2007] HCA 28; (2007) 230 CLR 291; (2007) 235 ALR 402; [2007] Aust Torts Reports 81-894; (2007) 81 ALJR 1218	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	14 Jun 2007	AustLII	72
Bashford v Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty Ltd	[2004] HCA 5; (2004) 218 CLR 366; 204 ALR 193; 78 ALJR 346; [2004] Aust Torts Reports 81-727	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 2004	AustLII	197
Roberts v Bass	[2002] HCA 57; (2002) 212 CLR 1; (2003) 194 ALR 161; (2002) 77 ALJR 292; [2003] Aust Torts Reports 81-683	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Dec 2002	AustLII	344
Palmer Bruyn & Parker Pty Ltd v Parsons	[2001] HCA 69; 208 CLR 388; (2001) 185 ALR 280; (2001) 76 ALJR 163; [2002] Aust Torts Reports 81-630; (2001) 22 Leg Rep 9	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 2001	AustLII	220
Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation	[1997] HCA 25; (1997) 189 CLR 520; (1997) 8 FLR 216; (1997) 145 ALR 96; (1997) 71 ALJR 818; [1997] Aust Torts Reports 81-434; 2 BHRC 513; (1997) 2 CHRLD 231; (1997) 10 Leg Rep 2	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	8 Jul 1997	AustLII	1222
Thompson v Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd	[1996] HCA 38; (1996) 186 CLR 574; (1996) 141 ALR 1; (1996) 71 ALJR 131; [1997] Aust Torts Reports 81-412; (1996) 20 Leg Rep 24	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	10 Dec 1996	AustLII	284
Stephens v West Australian Newspapers Ltd	[1994] HCA 45; (1994) 182 CLR 211; 124 ALR 80; 68 ALJR 765; [1994] Aust Torts Reports 81-298	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Oct 1994	AustLII	331
Theophanous v Herald & Weekly Times Ltd	[1994] HCA 46; (1994) 182 CLR 104; (1994) 124 ALR 1; (1994) 68 ALJR 713; [1994] Aust Torts Reports 81-297; 34 ALD 1	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	12 Oct 1994	AustLII	669
Horrocks v Lowe	[1975] AC 135; [1974] 1 All ER 662; [1974] 2 WLR 282		United Kingdom	circa 1975	LexisNexis / Westlaw	471
Davison v Bathurst City Council	[1966] 1 NSWR 61; (1966) 12 LGRA 285		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1966		20
Pyke v The Hibernian Bank Ltd	[1950] IR 195			circa 1950		6
Guise v Kouvelis	[1947] HCA 13; (1947) 74 CLR 102	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	8 May 1947	AustLII	107
Andreyevich v Kosovich	[1947] NSWStRp 2; (1947) 47 SR (NSW) 357; 64 WN (NSW) 46	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	24 Feb 1947	AustLII	49
Moore v Canadian Pacific Steamship Co	[1945] 1 All ER 128		United Kingdom	circa 1945	LexisNexis	7
Mowlds v Fergusson	[1940] HCA 38; (1940) 64 CLR 206; [1941] ALR 238	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	5 Dec 1940	AustLII	25
Davidson v Barclays Bank Ltd	[1940] 1 All ER 316		United Kingdom	circa 1940	LexisNexis	9
Plunkett v Barclays Bank Ltd	[1936] 2 KB 107		United Kingdom	circa 1936	LexisNexis / Westlaw	11
Telegraph Newspaper Co Ltd v Bedford	[1934] HCA 15; (1934) 50 CLR 632; (1934) 8 ALJR 67	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	23 May 1934	AustLII	78
Watt v Longsdon	[1930] 1 KB 130		United Kingdom	circa 1930	LexisNexis / Westlaw	62
Joachimson v Swiss Bank Corporation	[1921] 3 KB 110; [1921] All ER 92; 125 LT 338; 90 LJKB 973		United Kingdom	circa 1921	LexisNexis / Westlaw	154
Adam v Ward	[1917] AC 309; [1916-17] All ER 157; 86 LJKB 849		United Kingdom	circa 1917	LexisNexis / Westlaw	451
London Association for Protection of Trade v Greenlands Ltd	[1916] 2 AC 15; [1916-17] All ER 542		United Kingdom	circa 1916	LexisNexis / Westlaw	104
Howe & McColough v Lees	[1910] HCA 67; (1910) 11 CLR 361; 16 ALR 605; 8 ATR 1	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	29 Nov 1910	AustLII	113
Macintosh v Dun	[1908] UKLawRpAC 38; [1908] AC 390; [1908-10] All ER 164		United Kingdom	3 Jun 1908	CommonLII	49
Macintosh v Dun	[1908] HCA 31; (1908) 6 CLR 303	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 1908	AustLII	13
Miles v Commercial Banking Co of Sydney	[1904] HCA 54; 1 CLR 470	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	26 Aug 1904	AustLII	23
Neville v Fine Arts Co	[1896] UKLawRpAC 58; [1897] AC 68; 75 LT 606		United Kingdom	8 Dec 1896	CommonLII	114
Levy v Union Bank of Australia Ltd	[1896] VicLawRp 36; (1896) 21 VLR 738		Australia - Victoria	20 Apr 1896	AustLII	4
Pullman v Walter Hill & Co Ltd	[1890] UKLawRpKQB 193; [1891] 1 QB 524		United Kingdom	19 Dec 1890	CommonLII	91
Stuart v Bell	[1890] UKLawRpKQB 138; [1891] 2 QB 341; (1891) 7 TLR 502		United Kingdom	27 Oct 1890	CommonLII	95
Bowen v Hall	[1881] UKLawRpKQB 9; 6 QBD 333		United Kingdom	5 Feb 1881	CommonLII	32
Laughton v Bishop of Sodor and Man	[1872] EngR 35; [1872] UKLawRpPC 22; LR 4 PC 495; 17 ER 534; (1872) 9 Moore PCCNS 318	Privy Council	United Kingdom	16 Nov 1872	CommonLII	50
Davies v Snead	(1870) LR 5 QB 608		United Kingdom	circa 1870	LexisNexis / Westlaw	13
Amann v Damm	[1860] EngR 756; 8 CBNS 597; 144 ER 1300; 29 LJCP 313	Court of Common Pleas	United Kingdom	circa 1860	CommonLII	11
Harrison v Bush	[1855] EngR 41; 5 E & B 344; 3 WR 474; 25 LJQB 25; 119 ER 509	Queen's Bench	United Kingdom	circa 1855	CommonLII	55
Coxhead v Richards	[1846] EngR 379; 2 CB 569; 135 ER 1069; 15 LJCP 278	Court of Common Pleas	United Kingdom	circa 1846	CommonLII	20
Toogood v Spyring	[1834] EngR 363; (1834) 1 Cr M & R 181; 149 ER 1044	Court of Exchequer	United Kingdom	circa 1834	CommonLII	219
Bromage v Prosser	[1825] EngR 609; (1825) 4 B & C 247; 107 ER 1051; (1825) 1 C & P 673	Kings Bench	United Kingdom	circa 1825	CommonLII	52
141 Er 1300	141 ER 1300		United Kingdom		CommonLII	2
Whiteley v Adams	15 CBNS 418	Court of Common Pleas	United Kingdom			3

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