A plaintiff claiming damages for misleading and deceptive conduct who retains valuable rights acquired through the impugned payments must account for the value of those benefits before any award of damages can be made. The case also illustrates the practical operation of the reverse onus under s 51A TPA and s 9 FTA for representations as to future matters, and confirms that a representation need only be one of the causes inducing the representee to act.
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