Howard v. Commissioner of Taxation
Case No.
M140/2013
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
26/10/2012 Federal Court of Australia (Middleton J, Perram J, Dodds-Streeton J)
28/11/2012 (orders pronounced)
Catchwords
Equity – Fiduciary duties – Duty to account – Extinguishment of duty to account – Extent of duty to account – Whether fiduciary duty to account for gains is extinguished by circumstance that gain realised results from award to fiduciary of equitable compensation – Whether fiduciary’s duty extends to bringing proceedings to protect rights in respect of which duty subsists, and to accounting for proceeds of such proceedings.
Documents
08/11/2013 Hearing (SLA, Melbourne)
22/11/2013 Notice of appeal
13/12/2013 Written submissions (Appellant)
13/12/2013 Chronology (Appellant)
17/01/2014 Written submissions (Respondent)
17/01/2014 Chronology (Respondent)
31/01/2014 Reply
12/03/2014 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
11/06/2014 Judgment (Judgment summary)