An appellate court will not disturb a trial judge's findings of misleading and deceptive conduct based on credibility assessments unless the findings are glaringly improbable or contrary to compelling inferences. A trial judge who separately determines liability questions under r 483 UCPR is not obliged to make any consequential order and should not order judgment for damages to be assessed where necessary elements (such as whether a natural person was knowingly concerned in a corporate contravention, or whether a particular plaintiff suffered loss) have not been determined. Section 52 of the Trade Practices Act applies only to corporations, so a natural person's liability requires a finding of being knowingly concerned in or party to the contravention under ss 75B and 82.
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