The High Court has confirmed that where it is claimed that a payment was made by mistake the defence of change of position will still apply where it would be inequitable to order the return of the payment because of a change in circumstances of the payee.

On 7 May 2014, the High Court handed down its eagerly anticipated decision on the scope of the liquidator’s equitable lien in Stewart v Atco Controls Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) [2014] HCA 15.