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Contract Law Lectures

Preliminary Considerations

Formation of Contract - Introduction to Offer and Acceptance

Acceptance and Unilateral Contracts

Consideration

Intention

Termination

Estoppel

Academic and Technical Articles

The Adelaidean - Drama leads in Law Reforms
Partnering
Can contract law protect individual rights and preferences?
Recent developments in unconscionability
Problems in Unconscionability: Gendered Stereotypes and the “Facts” - Diprose v Louth - Previously published in the Flinders Journal of Law Reform.
Pinching the cat in the dark

Media Articles

6 August 2008 - The Times - Land of Leather sued for £250,000 by rescue fund
18 August 2008 - The Australian - Law deal to protect consumers

Recent Cases

Houghton v Arms High Court Australia December 2006
Employees of a firm can be liable under the Trade Practices Act (Cth) or the Fair Trading Act (State) for conduct which is "misleading and deceptive"

Contract and Commercial Law Case Notes

AGC Advances v McWhirter 1977 Supreme Court NSW Australia

Air Great Lakes 1985 Supreme Court NSW Australia

Alati v Kruger 1955 High Court Australia

Ankar Pty Ltd v National Westminster Finance (Australia) Ltd 1987 High Court Australia

Appleby v Myers 1867 UK

Associated Newspapers Ltd v Bancks 1951 High Court Australia

Attica Sea Carriers Corp 1976 Court of Appeal UK

Australian Woollen Mills Pty Ltd v Commonwealth 1954 High Court Australia / Privy Council

Balfour v Balfour 1919 Court of King's Bench UK

Baltic Shipping Co v Dillon - "The Mikhail Lermentov" 1993 High Court Australia

This judgment is like an extended lecture by the Chief Justice on the relationship betwen rescision and damages and damages for loss of enjoyment or distress

Bank Line Ltd v Arthur Capel & Co 1919 House of Lords UK

Banque Brussels Lambert SA v Australian National Industries Ltd 1989 Supreme Court NSW Australia

Barnett, Hoares, & Co v The South London Tramways Company 18 QBD 1887 Court of Appeal UK

Bell v Lever Brothers Ltd 1932 House of Lords UK

Biotechnology Australia Pty Ltd v Dr Pace 1988 Supreme Court NSW Australia

Black Clawson International 1981

Blackpool & Fylde Aero Club Ltd v Blackpool Borough Council 1990 Court of Appeal UK

Booker Industries Pty Ltd v Wilson Parking (Qld) Pty Ltd 1982 High Court Australia

Bowes v Chaleyer 1923 High Court Australia

Bressan v Squires 1974 Supreme Court NSW Australia

Brierley (R.A.) Investments Ltd v Landmark Corp Ltd 1966 High Court Australia

Brinkibon Ltd v Stahag Stahl und Stahlwarenhandelsgesellschaft m.b.H 1983 House of Lords UK

Bunge Corp New York v Tradax Export SA Panama 1981 House of Lords UK

Butler Machine Tool Co. Ltd v Ex-Cell-O Corp (England) 1979 Court of Appeal UK

Byrne & Co v Leon Van Tienhoven & Co 1880 Court of Common Pleas UK

Callisher v Bischoffsheim 1870 Queen's Bench Division UK

Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd v Best 1990 High Court Australia

Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co 1893 Court of Appeal UK

Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v Carlton & United Breweries Ltd 1987 Supreme Court NSW Australia

Causer v Brown 1952 Victoria Australia

Cehave NV v Bremer Handelgesellschaft mbH (The Hansa Nord) 1976 Court of Appeal UK

Celthene Pty Ltd v WKJ Hauliers Pty Ltd 1981 New South Wales Australia

Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd 1947 Kings Bench Division UK

Chapelton v Barry Urban District Council 1940 Court of Appeal UK

Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestle Co Ltd 1960 House of Lords UK

Cheong Yue 1926 UK

Clarke v Dunraven - "The Satanita" 1897 UK

Clea Shipping Corp v Bulk Oil International Ltd - "The Alaskan Trader" 1983 Queen's Bench Division UK

Coal Cliff Collieries Pty Ltd v Sijehama Pty Ltd 1991 New South Wales Australia

Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales 1982 High Court Australia

Cohen v Cohen 1929 High Court Australia

Collins v Godefroy 1831 English Reports UK

Colonial Ammunition Co v Reid 1900 Supreme Court New South Wales Australia

Commonwealth v Verwayen - "The Melbourne" 1990 High Court Australia

Continental C & G Rubber Co Pty Ltd Re 1919 High Court Australia

Cornish and Co 1913 New South Wales Australia

Couldery v Bartrum 1880 Chancery Division UK

Coulls v Bagot's Executor & Trustee Co Ltd 1967 High Court Australia

Council of Upper Hunter v Australian Chilling 1968 High Court Australia

Couturier v Hastie 1856 House of Lords UK

Cundy v Lindsay 1878 House of Lords UK

Darlington Futures Ltd v Delco Aust Pty Ltd 1986 High Court Australia

Davies v London Provincial Marine Insurance Co 1878 UK

Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council 1956 House of Lords UK

D & C Builders Ltd v Rees 1966 Court of Appeal UK

Dickinson v Dodds 1876 Court of Appeal UK

Drennan v Star Paving Co 1958 Supreme Court California USA

Dunton v Dunton 1892 Supreme Court Victoria Australia

Edwards v Skyways Ltd 1964 Queen's Bench Division UK

Eggleston v Marley Engineers Pty Ltd and BK & JG Mewett 1979 Supreme Court South Australia

Embiricos v Sydney Reid & Co 1914 King's Bench UK

Empirnall Holdings Pty Ltd v Machon Paull Partners Pty Ltd 1988 Supreme Court New South Wales Australia

Esanda Finance Corp v Plessnig 1989 High Court Australia

Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Commissioners of Customs and Excise 1976 House of Lords UK

Farmers' Mercantile Union and Chaff Mills Ltd v Coade 1921 High Court Australia

Fauzi Elias v George Sahely & Co. (Barbados) Ltd 1983 Privy Council UK

Felthouse v Bindley 1862 Court of Common Pleas UK

Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v Fairburn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd 1943 House of Lords UK

Financings Ltd v Stimson 1962 UK

Fisher v Bell 1961 Queen's Bench Division UK

Fitzpatrick v Michel 1928 Supreme Court New South Wales Australia

Foakes v Beer 1884 House of Lords UK

Foran v Wight 1989 High Court Australia

George Hudson Holdings Ltd v Rudder / French 1973 High Court Australia

Gibson v Manchester City Council 1978 Court of Appeal UK

Goldburg v Shell Oil Co of Australia 1990 State Supreme Court Australia

Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd v Quinn 1910 High Court Australia

Great Northern Railway Company v Witham 1873 Court of Common Pleas UK

Hall v Busst 1960 Supreme Court Queensland Australia

Hammer v Coca Cola 1962 New Zealand

Harling v Eddy 1951 King's Bench UK

Harris v Nickerson 1893 Queen's Bench UK

Hartley v Ponsonby 1857 Queen's Bench UK

Harvela Investments Ltd v Royal Trust Co of Canada (CI) Ltd 1985 House of Lords UK

Harvey v Edwards Dunlop & Co Ltd 1927 High Court Australia

Haydon v McLeod 1901 Supreme Court Victoria Australia

Herne Bay Steam Boat Co v Hutton 1903 King's Bench UK

Hill and Co v Walter H Wright 1971 Supreme Court Victoria Australia

Holwell Securities Ltd v Hughes 1974 Court of Appeal UK

Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha 1962 Court of Appeal UK

Hope v R.C.A. Photophone of Australia Pty Ltd 1937 High Court Australia

Houghton v Arms 2006 High Court Australia

Hoyt's Pty Ltd v Spencer 1919 High Court Australia

Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co 1877 House of Lords UK

Hungerfords v Walker 1989 High Court Australia

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd v Papadopoulous 1980 House of Lords UK

Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programs Ltd 1989 Court of Appeal UK

Inn Leisure Industries v DF McCloy 1990 Australia

Jackson v Union Marine Insurance Co 1874 UK

Je Maintiendrai v Quaglia 1947 Supreme Court South Australia

Jones v Dumbrell 1981 Supreme Court Victoria Australia

Jones v Padavatton 1969 Court of Appeal UK

Knight v Seattle First National Bank 1979 Court of Appeals USA

Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Limited 2007 High Court Australia

Kramer v McMahon 1970 Supreme Court New South Wales Australia

Latec Finance Ltd v Knight 1969 Court of Appeal New South Wales Australia

Laurinda Pty Ltd v Capalaba Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd 1989 High Court Australia

Laybutt v Amoco Australia Pty Ltd 1974 High Court Australia

Lefkowitz v Great Minneapolis Surplus Store 1957 USA

Legione v Hateley 1983 High Court Australia

Lewis v Averay 1972 Queen's Bench UK

Life Insurance Co of Australia Ltd v Phillips 1925 High Court Australia

Liverpool City Council v Irwin 1977 House of Lords UK

Lukacs v Wood 1978 Supreme Court South Australia

MacRobertson Miller Airline Services v Commissioner of State Taxation WA 1975 High Court Australia

Manchester Diocesan Council v Commercial & General Investments Ltd 1970 Chancery Division UK

Maritime National Fish Ltd v Ocean Trawlers Ltd 1935 Privy Council UK

Masters v Cameron 1954 High Court Australia

McBride v Sandland 1918 High Court Australia

McDermott v Black 1940 High Court Australia

McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd 1933 High Court Australia

McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission 1951 Australia

Meehan v Jones 1982 High Court Australia

Musumeci v Windadell Pty Ltd High Court Australia

National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd 1981 House of Lords UK

Newbigging v Adam 1886 Court of Appeal UK

New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v Satterthwaite & Co Ltd "The Eurymedon" 1975 Privy Council UK

Nicholas v Thompson 1924 Supreme Court Victoria Australia

Nissho Iwai Aust Ltd v Malaysian International Shipping Corp Berhad 1989 High Court Australia

North Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v Hyundai Construction Co Ltd 1979 Queen's Bench Division UK

Ogilvie v Ryan 1976 Supreme Court New South Wales Australia

Pao On v Lau Yiu Long 1980 Privy Council UK from Hong Kong

Parsons (H) (Livestock) Ltd v Uttley Ingham & Co 1978 House of Lords UK

Payne v Cave 1789 English Reports UK

Perpetual Executors & Trustees Association of Australia Ltd v Russell 1931 High Court Australia

Perri v Coolangatta Investments Pty Ltd 1982 High Court Australia

Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists Ltd 1953 Court of Appeal UK

Photo Production Ltd v Securicor Transport Ltd 1980 House of Lords UK

Pinnel's Case 1602 Court of Common Pleas UK

Pirie v Saunders 1961 High Court Australia

Placer Development Ltd v Commonwealth 1969 High Court Australia

Popiw v Popiw 1959 Supreme Court Victoria Australia

Port Jackson Stevedoring Pty Ltd v Salmond & Spraggon (Aust)Pty Ltd The "New York Star" 1980 Privy Council UK

Powell v Braun 1954 Court of Appeal UK

Rankin v Scott Fell & Co 1904 High Court Australia

Re Casey's Patents; Stewart v Casey 1892 Chancery Division UK

Redgrave v Hurd 1881 Court of Appeal UK

Regent v Millett 1976 High Court Australia

Riches v Hogben 1985 Supreme Court Queensland Australia

Roscorla v Thomas 1842 Queen's Bench Division UK

Rose and Frank Co v JR Crompton & Bros Ltd 1923 Court of Appeal UK

R v Clarke 1927 High Court Australia

Saunders v Pirie and Cripps 1961 Supreme Court New South Wales

Shadwell v Shadwell 1860 English Reports UK

Shanklin Pier Ltd v Detel Products Ltd 1951 High Court UK

Sindel v Georgiou 1984 High Court Australia

Smith v Land and House Property Corporation 1884 Court of Appeal UK

Smith v UMB Chrysler (Scotland) Ltd 1978 House of Lords UK

Solle v Butcher 1950 Court of Appeal UK

Spiro v Glencrown Properties Ltd 1991 Chancery Division UK

Stevenson Jaques & Co v McLean 1880 Queen's Bench Division UK

Stilk v Meyrick 1809 King's Bench UK

Sundell (TA) & Sons Pty Ltd v Emm Yannoulatos (Overseas) Pty Ltd 1956 Supreme Court NSW Australia

Surrey County Council v Bredero Homes Ltd 1992 Court of Appeal UK

Taylor v Caldwell 1863 Queen's Bench Division UK

Taylor v Johnson 1983 High Court Australia

Thomas v Thomas 1842 Queen's Bench Division UK

Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd 1971 Court of Appeal UK

Timmins v Moreland Street Property Co Ltd 1958 Court of Appeal UK

Todd v Nicol 1957 Supreme Court South Australia

Tramways Advertising Pty Ltd v Luna Park (NSW) Ltd 1938 Supreme Court New South Wales Australia

Trident General Insurance Co Ltd v McNiece Bros Pty Ltd 1988 High Court Australia

Tropical Traders v Goonan 1964 High Court Australia

Tsakiroglou Co Ltd v Noblee Thorl GmbH 1962 UK

Turner v Green 1895 Chancery Division UK

Turner Kempson & Co v Camm 1922 Supreme Court Victoria Australia

Universal Cargo Carriers Corp v Citati 1957 Queen's Bench UK

Universe Tankships Monravia v International Transport Workers Federation 1983 House of Lords UK

Walton's Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher 1988 High Court Australia

Ward v Byham 1956 Court of Appeal UK

White and Carter (Councils) Ltd v McGregor 1962 House of Lords UK

Whitlock v Brew 1968 High Court Australia

Wigan v Edwards 1973 High Court Australia

Wong Lai Ying 1979 Privy Council UK

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