Key Cases: Declarations Australian Oil Exploration Ltd v Lachberg (1958) 101 CLR 119 Guaranty Trust Co of New York v Hannay & Co [1915] 2 KB 536 Foster v Jododex Aust. Pty Ltd (1972) 127 CLR 421 Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Co Ltd v J W Deaves Pty Ltd [1971] 2 NSWLR […]
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Elements Plaintiff has a cause of action in contract – namely, a breach of contract; Defendent’s breach of contract has in fact injured or caused a loss to the plaintiff – causation; The loss suffered by P is not too remote; and P has not breached his or her ‘duty’ to mitigate unnecessary loss The
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Rescission Introduction and Overview Both the common law and equity recognise that, in certain circumstances, a party may have a right a right to rescind, avoid or “set aside” an overview effective transaction. Prior to rescission, the transaction is voidable rather than void à valid and effective, albeit subject to avoidance at the election of
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Rescission Nature of the Remedy (general) Rescission is the reversal of a transaction so that each party is restored to its original position. Rescission is a remedy of both the common law and equity. Common law rescission is confined to contracts, but rescission in equity extends to gifts and other transactions. Rescission and termination (void
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Nature One of laws most potent and used remedies Purpose: It orders a person to do an act or not to do an act Typical injunctions is prohibitory or negative injunction- retrains or forbids D from engaging in wrongful act such as breaching a trust, trespassing on land, etc. Less common is mandatory or positive
Part 1 Key Cases: Baltic Shipping Co v Dillon (1993) 176 CLR 344 Koufos v C Czarnikow Ltd [1969] 1 AC 350 ####Alexander v Cambridge Credit Corp Ltd (1987) 9 NSWLR 310 Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 – damages Howe v Teefy (1927) 27 SR (NSW) 301 – race horse
Introduction There is a strong relation between tortious and contractual liability.[1] These areas of law have been regarded as both historically and notionally interlinked, where a person should be able to bring an action in tort even though the impugned conduct also constitutes a breach of contract.[2] Courts are willing to accept that situations may
Civil Procedures and Arbitration Topic 1: The Adversarial System Chapter one Introduction Procedural law is the law which governs the conduct of proceedings before the court –“the mode of proceeding by which a legal right is enforced, as distinguished from the law which gives or defines the right – Poyser v Minors (1881) Civil Procedures
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What is defamation? Defamation law protects damage to reputations Defamation is any statement which would make a reasonable person think less of the person who is the subject of the statement. What makes people think less of you can change over time. For example; to call someone a de facto spouse or a rape victim
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