Cappelleri v Cappelleri

[2024] VSCA 173

Victorian Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Limitation of Actions
2. › Actions founded on tort
3. › Declaratory relief
4. › Whether claims for pure declaratory relief barred under Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Vic)
5. › Whether claims 'founded on tort' within s 5(1)(a)
6. › Whether facts alleged comprise tort of injurious falsehood
7. › Whether cause of action based on generalised wrongful conduct is 'founded on tort'
8. › Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (Vic), ss 5(1)(a), 5(2), 5(8), 21
1. Equity
2. › Gifts
3. › Enforceability of gift of shares
4. › Whether donor completed all actions required to effect transfer
5. › Whether transfer effective in equity where no instrument of transfer executed
6. › Corin v Patton (1990) 169 CLR 540
1. Estoppel
2. › Estoppel by acquiescence or inaction
3. › Promissory estoppel
4. › Whether acquiescence to share transfer by failure to object
5. › Whether relevant relationship between parties to engage principles of promissory estoppel
6. › Whether evidence of knowledge, inducement or reliance
7. › Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387
1. Corporations
2. › Rectification of ASIC register
3. › Power under s 1322(4)(b) of Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
4. › Whether power confined to correcting procedural irregularities only
5. › Whether power extends to correcting errors resulting from intentional misconduct
6. › Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 1322(4)(b)

Quick Take

Declaratory relief claims concerning property rights are not "founded on tort" merely because the underlying facts involve wrongful conduct; the facts must establish a recognised tort with all its elements for s 5(1)(a) of the LAA to apply.