Kimberley Developments Pty Ltd v Bale

• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Pleadings
  3. › Unpleaded case
  4. › Whether parties expanded issues at trial
  5. › Case opened and cross-examined upon without objection
  6. › Whether open to primary judge to make findings on unpleaded case
• 1. Equity
  2. › Unconscionable conduct
  3. › Special disadvantage
  4. › Whether vendor labouring under special disadvantage known to purchaser
  5. › Whether unconscionably exploited
  6. › Transfer of land without independent legal advice and without usual incidents of conveyance
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Burden of proof
  3. › Proof of negative proposition
  4. › Evidentiary burden shifting to party with ability to lead evidence
  5. › Whether primary judge erred in finding cash payment not established
• 1. Equity
  2. › Estoppel
  3. › Acknowledgment of receipt of consideration in deed
  4. › Whether estoppel available where equitable right to rescission
  5. › Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), s 36(11)

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