183 Eastwood Pty Ltd v Dragon Property Development & Investment Pty Ltd

• 1. Equity
  2. › Estoppel
  3. › Estoppel by representation
  4. › Representation by silence or inaction
  5. › Whether failure to correct false ASIC register constituted representation
  6. › Whether duty to correct register arose outside statutory review obligations
  7. › Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 128, 129, 205B, 345A, 346A, 346C, 349A
• 1. Equity
  2. › Agency
  3. › Authority of agent
  4. › Ostensible authority
  5. › Representation by principal
  6. › Where rogue fraudulently altered ASIC register
  7. › Whether company bound by rogue's dealings with third party
  8. › Whether failure to correct ASIC register constituted holding out
• 1. Equity
  2. › Estoppel
  3. › Estoppel by representation
  4. › Detriment
  5. › Reliance
  6. › Whether reliance on false ASIC register sufficient to establish detriment
  7. › Whether other matters on which respondent also relied negated causal connection
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Standard of appellate review
  3. › Findings of fact
  4. › Whether finding glaringly improbable or contradicted by incontrovertible facts
  5. › Whether speed of judgment delivery affected reliability of findings

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