SUPERANNUATION - Commonwealth statutory arrangements for superannuation - appellants claimed to have been wrongfully denied entry into Commonwealth schemes - whether employees were 'permanent employees' or 'temporary employees'
NEGLIGENCE - claims for negligent misrepresentation - appellate approach to review of factual findings of trial judge - whether trial judge erred in finding that the essential elements of a claim of negligent misrepresentation had not been established
NEGLIGENCE - claims for negligence generally arising from representations about operation of superannuation schemes - duty of care for pure economic loss - whether one appellant had been vulnerable in the requisite sense to a want of care by the respondent.
LIMITATION OF ACTIONS - where negligence of employer alleged to have occurred in the 1970s deprived an employee of a future statutory entitlement to superannuation benefits - discussion of Commonwealth v Cornwell (2007) 229 CLR 519 - whether nature of benefits were distinguishable from those considered in Cornwell to be prospective and contingent and not capable of constituting loss
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