Tag: incapable person

  • Capacity to give instructions

    AEW v BW [2016] NSWSC 905 https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/57735757e4b058596cb9cdf4 21    The general law does not prescribe a fixed standard of “capacity” for the transaction of business; the level of capacity required depends on the particular business to be transacted, and the purpose of an enquiry as to capacity: Gibbons v Wright (1954) 91 CLR 423 at…

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