Those list members who have a fascination with proprietary remedies may be interested to know that the High Court refused an application for special leave to appeal in Grimaldi v Chameleon Mining NL, a case which approved Attorney-General for Hong Kong v Reid [1994] 1 AC 324 and declined to follow the English Court of Appeal in Sinclair v Investments (UK) Ltd v Versailles Trade Finance Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 347.

 

Results of the relevant special leave application here: (http://www.hcourt.gov.au/assets/registry/special-leave-results/2012/17-08-2012ResultsSyd.pdf)

 

No transcript of the discussion available yet, unfortunately.

 

Kind regards,

Katy

 

 

Dr Katy Barnett

Lecturer

Melbourne Law School

University of Melbourne

Parkville 3010 VIC

AUSTRALIA

 

Ph: + 61 3 9035 4699