The text is about a 83-year-old woman, Ms Hind Issa, who has Alzheimer's dementia and does not speak English. Her adult daughter, Ms Jennifer Halik, acts as her litigation guardian in these proceedings. Ms Issa and her former husband, Mr Ziad Karbotli, immigrated to Australia from Lebanon in the 1960s. They worked hard to provide for themselves and their three children: James (the Plaintiff), Jennifer (the daughter of the Plaintiff) and Jumanah (the daughter of the Plaintiff's second husband). In 2006, Ms Issa and her husband divorced. As part of the matrimonial property adjustment, Ms Issa became the sole registered proprietor of the two residential properties: 42 Barak Street in Bulleen, Victoria (the family home) and 30 Francis Street in Mermaid Waters, Queensland (their home when they moved to Queensland). After the divorce, Ms Issa continued to live at 30 Francis Street with her son James. Ms Issa's apparent signing of the relevant Mortgage and associated documentation was purportedly witnessed by Mr Stephen Picken, a former solicitor. Mr Picken has since admitted that he did not witness Ms Issa sign any of the documents. He subsequently pleaded guilty to a charge of making false declarations and received a suspended sentence of imprisonment. Ms Issa alleges that her son James Karbotli perpetrated the fraud by forging her signatures and mortgaging her property without her knowledge, permission or approval. By the time Ms Issa apparently became aware of the allegedly fraudulent Mortgage, Mazop had already defaulted on repayment of the loan and lenders were in the process of taking action to enforce their supposed rights as mortgagees. The property was sold to the Eighth and Ninth Defendants, Mr Jess Morecroft and Ms Jacqueline Morecroft (née Haines), who subsequently entered into a contract of sale with the Mortgagees (the "Purchase Contract").