Dolan v Dolan [2023] VSCA 136

[5] The only difference being the affidavit is in the first person and refers to Shannan rather than 'the defendant'.

[6] It is noted that in the Agreed Summary the date the property was registered was 3 January 2003. Nothing turns on this discrepancy.

[7] Certificate of Title Volume 10652 Folio 998.

[8] The underlined words 'from the Register' were added by amendment made on 29 July 2022.

[9] The second respondent has had no involvement in relation to the subject matter of this proceeding, though they have been served.

[10] [2021] VSCA 297 ('Lee').

[11] [2020] VSCA 28 ('Chan').

[12] Dolan v Dolan [2022] VSC 543, [71] (Ierodiaconou AsJ) (citations omitted) ('Reasons').

[13] Ibid [77]-[78] (citations omitted).

[14] (1936) 55 CLR 499.

[15] See Kuligowski v Metrobus [2004] HCA 34; (2004) 220 CLR 363, 373 [21] (Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan and Heydon JJ); [2004] HCA 34; Melbourne City Investments Pty Ltd v Leighton Holdings Ltd [2015] VSCA 235, [34] (Tate, Beach JJA and Robson AJA) ('Leighton Holdings'); Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing Pty Ltd [2015] HCA 28; (2015) 256 CLR 507, 516-18 [20]-[24] (French CJ, Bell, Gageler and Keane JJ), 537 [90] (Nettle J); [2015] HCA 28.

[16] Piroshenko v Grojsman [2010] VSC 240; (2010) 27 VR 489, 497 [11] (Warren CJ); [2010] VSC 240 ('Piroshenko'); Carbon Black Lab Pty Ltd v Launer [2015] VSCA 126, [36] (Santamaria, Ferguson and McLeish JJA) ('Carbon Black'); Lee [2021] VSCA 297.

[17] Piroshenko [2010] VSC 240; (2010) 27 VR 489, 491 [7] (Warren CJ); [2010] VSC 240 (citations omitted), quoted with approval in Carbon Black [2015] VSCA 126, [35] (Santamaria, Ferguson and McLeish JJA).

[18] Carbon Black [2015] VSCA 126, [38] (Santamaria, Ferguson and McLeish JJA).

[19] McMahon v McMahon [1979] VicRp 23; [1979] VR 239, 245-6 (Marks J) ('McMahon'), and the reference to the decision of Norris J in Simons v David Benge Motors Pty Ltd [1974] VicRp 69; [1974] VR 585, 591.

[20] McMahon [1979] VicRp 23; [1979] VR 239, 246-7.

[21] Leighton Holdings [2015] VSCA 235, [35]-[37] (Tate, Beach JJA and Robson AJA); Phillip Morris Ltd v Attorney-General for the State of Victoria [2006] VSCA 21; (2006) 14 VR 538, 542 [20], 548-52 [46]-[63] (Maxwell P), 563 [120] (Ormiston JA); [2006] VSCA 21.

[24] [2021] VSCA 297, [107], [109] (Kyrou, McLeish and Walker JJA) .

[25] Ibid [78]; Carbon Black [2015] VSCA 126, [38] (Santamaria, Ferguson and McLeish JJA).

[26] (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40.

[27] [2015] NSWSC 1307.

[28] Ibid [99] citing Turner v Noyes (1903) 20 WN (NSW) 266.

[29] [2018] VSC 413, [402]-[405] (McMillan J) (citations omitted).

[30] [2020] QCA 138, [24] (Brown J, Sofronoff P and Philippides JA agreeing); cf Galati v Deans [2023] NSWCA 13, [1] (Macfarlan JA), [53]-[55] (White JA), [148]-[149] (Basten AJA).