Contract: Cases and Materials 14th Edition

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Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Published: 27th February 2020
Publisher: Lawbook Co.
Country of Publication: AU
Edition Number: 14

Contract: Cases and Materials, 14th edition, continues to be the leading casebook for students of contract law in Australia. Significant new cases extracted in this edition include:

  • Pipikos v Trayans [2018] HCA 39 (the doctrine of part performance);
  • Mann v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd [2019] HCA 32 (total failure of consideration and the availability of restitution where a contract has been terminated for breach restitution);
  • Ecosse Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Gee Dee Nominees Pty Ltd [2017] HCA 12; (2017) 261 CLR 544 (the purposive construction of contracts), along with short extracts from Cherry v Steele-Park [2017] NSWCA 295; (2017) 96 NSWLR 548 and Apple and Pear Australia Ltd v Pink Lady America LLC [2016] VSCA 280 (the availability of extrinsic evidence);
  • short extracts from Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd [2015] UKSC 72; [2016] AC 742 (the requirements for implication of terms in fact) and Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd v Southern Pacific Petroleum NL[2005] VSCA 228 (the implication of a duty to act in good faith);
  • Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Chrisco Hampers Australia Ltd [2015] FCA 1204; (2015) 239 FCR 33 (unfair terms);
  • short extracts from Lantry v Tomule Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 81 and Sharjade Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth of Australia [2009] NSWCA 373 (the circumstances in which a party in breach will be precluded from terminating a contract);
  • Paciocco v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2016] HCA 28; (2016) 258 CLR 525 (penalties);
  • a short extract from Simic v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [2016] HCA 47; (2016) 260 CLR 85 (rectification);
  • Thorne v Kennedy [2017] HCA 49; (2017) 263 CLR 85 (undue influence and unconscionable dealing); and
  • ASIC v Kobelt [2019] HCA 18 (statutory unconscionable conduct).
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