Giumelli v Giumelli

[1999] HCA 10
Judgment date
Case number
P55/1997
Before
Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Equity – Relief – Equitable estoppel – Constructive trust – Equitable charge – Whether relief confined to reversal of detriment – Relevance of other appropriate remedies and of third party interests to measure of relief.

Words and phrases – "constructive", "defensive equity".

The Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394, discussed.