Singh v AKM Investments Group Pty Ltd

• 1. Contract
  2. › Formation
  3. › Oral contract
  4. › Characterisation of agreement
  5. › Whether monies transferred as loan or equity investment
  6. › Where both parties' accounts found unreliable
  7. › Whether inferences from contemporaneous documents and surrounding circumstances sufficient to establish terms
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Standard of proof
  3. › Civil proceedings
  4. › Actual persuasion
  5. › Whether finding expressing conclusion on evidence satisfies requirement of actual persuasion
  6. › Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 140
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Fact finding
  3. › Appellate review of primary judge's findings
  4. › Where primary judge drew inferences from contemporaneous documents rather than accepting oral evidence
  5. › Whether error in approach to fact-finding

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