Recent Cases

Porges v Adcock Private Equity Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 79 (17 April 2019) (Payne JA at [1]; White JA [2]; Sackville AJA [133])


Catchwords:


CONTRACTS — Misleading conduct under statute — Misleading or deceptive conduct — Silence — Sale of shares in company — Vendor represented to purchaser that company was good and profitable investment — Vendor disillusioned with management of company — Vendor aware of risk of litigation against company — Whether primary judge erred in finding vendor’s failure to disclose was misleading or deceptive conduct