Equity – Knowing assistance in breach of fiduciary duty – Remedies – Account of profits – Causation – Where employees of first respondent breached fiduciary duties to respondents by assisting appellant, and then joined appellant – Where appellant knowingly assisted in breaches of fiduciary duty – Where primary judge found profits of appellant's business not direct result of appellant's knowing assistance – Whether account of profits available.

Equity – Knowing assistance in breach of fiduciary duty – Remedies – Account of profits – Assessment of quantum – Whether knowing assistant obliged to account for entire capital value of business acquired – Whether account of profits may be ordered in respect of anticipated profits.

Words and phrases – "account of profits", "actual profits", "anticipated profits", "as a result of", "but for", "causation", "disgorgement" "knowing assistance", "material contribution".

Nauru – Appeal as of right from Supreme Court of Nauru – Refugees – Where Secretary of Department of Justice and Border Control determined appellant not refugee and not owed complementary protection – Where Refugee Status Review Tribunal affirmed Secretary's determination – Where Tribunal made adverse findings as to credibility – Whether error in Tribunal's reasons.

Words and phrases – "appeal", "credibility", "error".

Refugees Convention Act 2012 (Nr).

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) as modified by the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1967).

Nauru – Appeal as of right from Supreme Court of Nauru – Refugees – Where Secretary of Department of Justice and Border Control refused application for complementary protection – Where Refugee Status Review Tribunal affirmed Secretary's decision – Where appellant claimed he would be subject to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment if returned to Sri Lanka – Where basis for claim was that appellant may be remanded in prison if returned to Sri Lanka and prison conditions in Sri Lanka are poor – Whether Tribunal had regard to material before it concerning prison conditions in Sri Lanka – Whether reasons of Tribunal met standard required by s 34(4) of Refugees Convention Act 2012 (Nr).

Words and phrases – "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment", "duty to give reasons", "prison conditions".

Refugees Convention Act 2012 (Nr) – ss 5(1), 6(1), 34(4).

Evidence – Criminal trial – Sexual offences with child under 16 years – Tendency evidence – Admissibility – Severance – Where evidence of complainant as to 17 sexual acts and several uncharged sexual acts admitted as tendency evidence – Where evidence of third party as to Charge 2 admitted as tendency evidence – Whether evidence of complainant and third party admissible as tendency evidence – Whether evidence of each charged act and uncharged act cross-admissible as tendency evidence in proof of each charge – Whether tendency evidence had significant probative value – Whether possibility of risk of contamination, concoction or collusion relevant to determination of probative value – Whether probative value substantially outweighed any prejudicial effect – Whether tendency notice defective – Whether Charge 2 should have been severed from indictment.

Evidence – Criminal trial – Recording of evidence – Admissibility – Where evidence of complainant recorded at previous trial admitted – Where prosecutor told court that complainant had strong preference not to give evidence at trial based on advice from counsellors – Where defence counsel did not challenge complainant's preference not to give evidence – Whether in interests of justice to admit recording.

Evidence – Criminal trial – Hearsay – Admissibility – Where complainant made representations to third party that she was sexually assaulted by respondent – Where representations made in response to leading questions from third party – Where inconsistencies between complainant's representations and other evidence given by complainant – Whether occurrence of asserted facts fresh in complainant's memory at time of representations – Whether probative value of evidence outweighed by danger of unfair prejudice.

Words and phrases – "charged act", "collusion", "complaint", "concoction", "contamination", "credibility", "cross-admissible", "discreditable acts", "fresh in the memory", "improper prejudice", "jury directions", "previously recorded evidence", "propensity", "recording", "reliability", "severance", "sexual attraction", "sexual interest", "sexual offence", "significant probative value", "single complainant", "special feature", "tendency", "uncharged act", "unfair prejudice", "willingness".

Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic) – ss 194, 379, 380, 381, 385.

Evidence Act 2008 (Vic) – ss 66, 97, 99, 101, 135, 137.

Jury Directions Act 2015 (Vic) – ss 61, 62.

Evidence Regulations 2009 (Vic) – reg 7.