Working with the forthcoming third edition of Contract Law this new casebook will ensure your students have the best access to all the key cases.

This supplement will be available on its own or packaged with the third edition of Contract Law.

Part 1 Overview

1. Introduction

Slade’s case

Rann v Hughes

Eastwood v Kenyon

2. Negotiation

‘Don’t Bargain Over Positions’

‘The Transaction’

 

Part 2 Formation

3. Agreement

Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company

Smythe v Thomas

Dickinson v Dodds

Crown v Clarke

Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company

4. Certainty and Completeness

Whitlock v Brew

Godecke v Kirwan

Masters v Cameron

5. Intention to Create Legal Relations

Ermogenous v Greek Orthodox Community of SA Inc

6. Consideration

Coulls v Bagot’s Executor and Trustee Company Ltd

Stilk v Myrick

Williams v Roffey Bros & Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd

Pau On v Lau Yiu Long

7. Equitable Estoppel

Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher

The Commonwealth v Verwayen

Giumelli v Giumelli

 

Part 3 Content

8. Terms I: Establishing Contractual Terms

Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd

Oscar Chess Ltd v Williams

Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales

Renard Constructions (ME) Pty Ltd v Minister for Public Works

Vodafone Pacifi c Ltd v Mobile Innovations Ltd

Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd v Southern Pacifi c Petroleum NL

9. Terms II: Construction of Terms

Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales

Associated Newspapers Ltd v Bancks

Hongkong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd

Darlington Futures Ltd v Delco Australia Ltd

Council of the City of Sydney v West

 

Part 4 Limits on Enforcement of Contracts

10. Capacity

Nash v Inman

Supreme Court Act 1986 (Vic)

Minors Contracts (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979

Gibbons v Wright

11. Formalities

Property Law Act 1974

Property Law Act 1974

Pirie v Saunders

Fauzi Elias v George Sahely and Co (Barbados) Ltd

Todrell Pty Ltd v Finch

Regent v Millett

12. Privity

Property Law Act 1969 (WA)

Property Law Act 1974 (Qld)

Trident General Insurance Co Limited v McNiece Bros Proprietary Limited

 

Part 5 Vitiating Factors

13. Misrepresentation and Misleading or Deceptive Conduct

Edgington v Fitzmaurice

Bisset v Wilkinson

Gould v Vaggelas

Derry v Peek

Shaddock & Associates v Parramatta City Council

Alati v Kruger

Concrete Constructions (NSW) Pty Ltd v Nelson

Demagogue Pty Ltd v Ramensky

Henville v Walker

Trade Practices Act 1974

14. Mistake

McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission

Solle v Butcher

Taylor v Johnson

Lewis v Averay

Petelin v Cullen

15. Duress

Barton v Armstrong

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd v Karam

16. Undue Influence

Johnson v Buttress

Garcia v National Australia Bank

17. Unconscionable Conduct

Commercial Bank of Australia v Amadio

Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)

Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)

Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW)

West v AGC (Advances) Ltd

Fair Trading Act 1999 (Vic)

18. Void and Illegal Contracts

Nordenfelt v Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co Ltd

Yango Pastoral Co Pty Ltd v First Chicago Australia Ltd

Fitzgerald v FJ Leonhardt Pty Ltd

Attwood v Lamont

 

Part 6 Discharge of the Contract

19. Discharge by Performance

Steele v Tardiani

Cutter v Powell

Hoenig v Issacs

Bolton v Mahadeva

Sumpter v Hedges

20. Discharge by Termination

Foran v Wight

DTR Nominees Pty Ltd v Mona Homes Pty Ltd

Sargent v ASL Developments Ltd

Foran v Wight

McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd

21. Discharge by Agreement

Morris v Baron & Co

Fitzgerald v Masters

22. Discharge by Frustration

Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales

Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd

Frustrated Contracts Act 1978 (NSW)

Frustrated Contracts Act 1959 (Vic)

Frustrated Contracts Act 1988 (SA)

 

Part 7 Remedies

23. Damages

The Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd

Alexander v Cambridge Credit Corp Ltd

Victoria Laundry v Newman Industries

The Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd

Baltic Shipping v Dillon

Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Limited v New Garage & Motor Co Limited

24. Restitution

Pavey Matthew Pty Ltd v Paul

Sumpter v Hedges

Steele v Tardiani

David Securities Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Baltic Shipping v Dillon

25. Equitable Remedies

JC Williamson Ltd v Lukey and Mulholland

 

Des Butler – Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology

Sharon Christensen – Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology

Bill Dixon – Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology

Lindy Willmott – Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology