Section 163B of the Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) (and by extension the Powers of Attorney Act 2003 (NSW)) confers broad authority on an attorney to do anything the principal may lawfully authorise, including acts benefiting the attorney and not the principal, where the instrument includes a benefit clause under s 163B(2)(b). The words 'on behalf of' are not words of restriction. The narrower construction adopted in Perochinsky v Kirschner and Spina v Conran Associates is disapproved. In the context of rescission of a compromise of litigation for fraudulent misrepresentation, the relevant reliance is not upon the truth of the representations but upon the fact that they were made and might be accepted by the court, thereby giving rise to litigation risk. Partial rescission of one of two independent bilateral agreements reflected in simultaneous consent orders is available without setting aside the other.
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