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Basics of Contract Law

Definitions

Cases

  1. Central London Property Trust Ltd v. High Trees House Ltd 1947
  2. Brogden v Metropolitan Railway Co 1877
  3. Felthouse v Bindley
  4. Adam v Lindsell 1818
  5. Leach v Walter Wright 1986
  6. Whitlock v Brew 1968
  7. Meehan v Jones 1981
  8. Waltons Stores v Maher 1988
  9. Balfour v Balfour 1919
  10. Roufos v Brewster 1971
  11. Australian European Finance v Sheahan 1993
  12. Sorna Pty Ltd v Flint 2000
  13. Bullion Mineral v Fewster (2007)
  14. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited & Ors v Kenneth Ross Pickard & Anor 2019
  15. Codelfa v State Rail Authority NSW (1982)
  16. Curtis v Chemical Cleaning (1951)
  17. Wallis v Pratt and Haynes (1911)
  18. Thomas National Transport (Melbourne) V. May & Baker (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
  19. Sydney Corporation v. West (1965)
  20. Coulls v Bagot (1967)
  21. Trident General Insurance Co Ltd v McNiece Bros Pty Ltd (1988)
  22. Balfour and Clark v Hollandia Ravensthorpe NL v (1978)
  23. Shaddock & Associates v City of Parramatta
  24. Pukallus v Cameron (1982)
  25. Taylor v Johnson (1983)
  26. Crescendo v Westpac (1988)
  27. Atlas Express Ltd v Kafco (Importers & Distributors) Ltd 1989
  28. Hawker v Helicopter Charter 1991
  29. Johnson v Buttress (1936)
  30. Commercial Bank of Australia v Amadio 1983
  31. Wilkinson v Osborne 1915
  32. Alexander v Rayson 1936
  33. Papastavrou v Gavan 1968
  34. Nordenfelt v The Maxim Nordenfelt Guns & Ammunition Co Ltd 1894
  35. Yango Pastoral Co. Pty. Ltd. v. First Chicago Australia Ltd 1978 (Page 55)
  36. Clegg v Willson (1932)
  37. Amoco Australia Pty Ltd v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering Co Pty Ltd 1973
  38. Stickney v Keeble 1915
  39. Foran v Wight 1989
  40. Cutter v Powell 1795
  41. Bolton v Mahadeva 1972
  42. Automatic Fire Sprinklers Pty Ltd v Watson 1946
  43. Ankar Pty Ltd v National Westminster Finance (Australia) Ltd 1987
  44. Hong Kong Fir Shipping Ltd v Kisen Kaisha 1962
  45. Laurinda Pty Ltd v Capalaba Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd 1989
  46. Luna Park (NSW) Ltd v Tramways Advertising Pty Ltd
  47. Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council 1956
  48. Taylor V Caldwell 1863
  49. Walton Harvey Ltd v Walker & Homfrays Ltd 1931
  50. McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1951)
  51. Hadley v Baxendale 1854
  52. Baltic Shipping v Dillon 1993
  53. Rowland v Divall 1923
  54. JC Williamson Ltd v Lukey & Mulholland

Legislation

  1. Property Law Act 1969 Section 34
  2. Property Law Act 1969 Section 135
  3. Mining Act Section 119
  4. Corporations Act 2001
  5. Electronic Transactions Act 1999 Section 8
  6. Sale of Goods Act 1895
  7. Trade Practices Act 1974
  8. Bankruptcy Act 1966
  9. Insurance Contract Act 1984

Articles

  1. Not worth the paper they're not written on? — Executing documents (including deeds) under electronic documentation platforms - Diccon Loxton