Nagamuthu v Shanmugarajah

[2019] NSWCA 288

NSW Court of Appeal

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Interrogate

Catchwords

1. Appeal
2. › Civil appeal
3. › Challenge to findings of fact
4. › Corroborative evidence
5. › Whether evidence relied upon by primary judge corroborated plaintiff's claim
6. › Meaning of corroborative evidence
7. › Corroboration by circumstantial evidence
1. Unjust Enrichment
2. › Monies had and received
3. › Restitution
4. › Monies arising from participation in informal financing arrangement ('seetu')
5. › Admission of indebtedness
6. › Whether restitution properly ordered

Quick Take

Multiple pieces of circumstantial evidence, when considered together rather than individually, may provide powerful corroboration of a claim, and corroborative evidence need not itself independently prove the fact in issue.