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A

 

A v Hayden
(1984) 156 CLR 532
Vitiating factors: Illegality - contracts prejudicial to administration of justice

ACCC v Berbatis
[2003] HCA 18
Vitiating factors: Unconscionable conduct

ACCC v Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Ltd
[2019] FCA 992 (28 June 2019)
Vitiating factors: Misleading or deceptive conduct (arising from claims of flushable wipes) (claim failed)

ACCC v LG Electronics Pty Ltd
[2018] FCAFC 96 (27 June 2018)
Vitiating factors: Misleading or deceptive conduct (relating to existence, exclusion or effect of consumer guarantee)

ACCC v Quantum Housing Group Pty Ltd
[2021] FCAFC 40 (19 March 2021)
Vitiating factors: Unconscionable conduct (Australian Consumer Law)

ACCC v Telstra Corporation Limited
[2021] FCA 502 (13 May 2021)
Vitiating factors: Unconscionable conduct (Australian Consumer Law)

Administration of PNG v Leahy
(1961) 105 CLR 6
Formation: Intention to create legal relations - government

AGC (Advances) Ltd v McWhirter
(1977) 1 BLR 9454 (SC of NSW)
Formation: Agreement - auction (offer v invitation to deal)

Air Great Lakes Pty Ltd v KS Easter (Holdings) Pty Ltd
[1989] 2 NSWLR 309 (Court of Appeal (NSW))
Formation: Intention to create legal relations - objective test

Alati v Kruger
(1955) 94 CLR 216 (High Court)
Remedies: Rescission - restitution

Alcatel Australia Ltd v Scarcella
(1998) 44 NSWLR 349
Scope and content: Implied term of good faith (in NSW a duty of good faith may be implied in a contract)

Amoco Australia Pty Ltd v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering Co Pty Ltd
(1973) 133 CLR 288
Vitiating factors: Illegality - restraint of trade

Andrews v ANZ Banking Group Ltd
[2012] HCA 30
Remedies: Penalty clauses

Andrews v Parker
(1973) Qd R 93
Vitiating factors: Illegality - prejudicial to status of marriage

ANZ v Frost Holdings Pty Ltd
[1989] VR 695
Formation:Agreement - uncertainty

Ashton v Pratt 
(2014) 88 NSWLR 281; [2015] NSWCA 12
Formation: Intention (no presumptions arising out of nature of family/social relationship - para 73 applying Ermogenous), certainty, unconscionability

ASIC v Kobelt
[2019] HCA 992 (12 June 2019)
Vitiating factors: Unconscionable conduct

Associated Newspapers Ltd v Bancks
(1951) 83 CLR 322; [1951] HCA 24
Scope and content: Terms (condition) - Breach going to root of contract

Astley v Austrust Limited
(2000) 197 CLR 1; [1999] HCA 6(4 March 1999)
Scope and content: Implied terms

Australian Woollen Mills Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth
(1954) 92 CLR 424
Formation: agreement - consideration - intention

B

 

Balfour v Balfour
[1919] 2 KB 571 [UK]
Formation: Intention to create legal relations

Baltic Shipping Co v Dillon
(1993) 176 CLR 344
Remedies: Damages (availability of damages for mental distress)

Banque Brussels Lambert v Australian National Industries
(1989) 21 NSWLR 502
Formation: Intention to create legal relations (letter of comfort)

Beaton v McDivitt
(1987) 13 NSWLR 162
Formation: Consideration v Condition

Bell v Lever Bros
[1932] AC 161[UK]
Vitiating factors: Mistake

Biotechnology Australia Pty Ltd v Pace
(1988) 15 NSWLR 130
Formation: Uncertainty - Illusory promise

Blackpool & Flyde Aero Club v Blackpool Borough Council
[1990] 3 All ER 25[UK]
Formation: Offer v invitation to deal

Blomley v Ryan
(1956) 99 CLR 362
Formation: Capacity - Intoxication

Booker Industries Pty Ltd v Wilson Parking (Qld) Pty Ltd
[1982] HCA 53; (1982) 149 CLR 600‍ ‍
Formation: Certainty
Scope and content: Implied term

Brambles Holdings Ltd v Bathurst City Council
(2001) 53 NSWLR 153
Formation: Agreement - acceptance by conduct - limitations of 'offer-acceptance' analysis

Bressan v Squires
[1974] 2 NSWLR 460
Formation: Acceptance (form - communication)

Bridgewater v Leahy
(1998) 194 CLR 437‍ ‍
Vitiating factors: Unconscionable conduct (equity) - uncle/nephew - relevance of independent advice

Brinkibon Ltd v Stahag Stahl und Stahlwarenhandelsgessellschaft mbH
[1983] 2 AC 34 (House of Lords) (UK)
Formation: Acceptance (postal rule)

Brisbane City Council v Group Products Pty Ltd [1979] HCA 54
Termination: Frustration

Brooks v Burns Philp Trustee Co Ltd
(1969) 121 CLR 433‍ ‍
Vitiating factors: Illegality - severance

Burger King Corporation v Hungry Jack’s Pty Limited
[2001] NSWCA 187
Vitiating factors: Implied obligation of good faith and reasonableness

Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd
(2004) 218 CLR 592
Vitiating factors: Misleading or deceptive conduct

Butler Machine Tool Co Ltd v Ex-Cell-O Corp (England) Ltd
[1979] 1 WLR 401 [UK]
Formation: Agreement (battle of the forms)

Byrne v Van Tienhoven‍ ‍
(1880) LR 5 CPD 344 (Court of Common Pleas) (UK)
Formation: Agreement - revocation - postal rule

C

 

Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co
[1893] 1 QB 256 [UK]
Formation: Offer - acceptance - consideration

Carr v JA Berrimen Pty Ltd
[1953] HCA 31; (1953) 89 CLR 327‍ ‍
Termination: Repudiatory breach of contract - building contract

CCP Australian Airships Ltd v Primas Telecommunications Pty Ltd
[2004] VSCA 232
Scope and content: Construction of contract ('non-refundable deposit' - total failure of consideration)
Vitiating factors: Misleading conduct (whether reasonable grounds for believing airship could be supplied)
Remedies: Damages (wasted expenditure - reliance damages)

Central London v High Trees
[1947] KB 130 (UK)
Formation: Promissory Estoppel

Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestle Co Ltd
[1960] AC 87(UK)
Formation: Consideration - anything stipulated (peppercorn case)

Clarke v Dunraven
[1897] AC 59(UK)
Formation: Agreement with no identifiable offer or acceptance

Coal Cliff Collieries Pty Ltd v Sijehama Pty Ltd
(1991) NSWLR 1(NSW CA)
Formation: Certainty - agreements to negotiate

Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW
(1982) 149 CLR 337
Scope and content: Implied terms
Termination: Frustration

Cohen v Cohen
(1929) 42 CLR 91
Formation: Intention - husband/wife

Commercial Bank of Australia v Amadio
(1983) 151 CLR 447
Vitiating factors: Unconscionable conduct

Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Barker
(2014) HCA 32
Scope and content: Implied terms (no implied term of mutual trust and confidence in Australian employment contracts)

Commonwealth v Amann Pty Ltd
(1991) 174 CLR 9‍ ‍
Remedies: Remoteness of damage

Con-Stan Industries of Australia Pty Ltd v Norwich Winterthur Insurance (Australia) Ltd
[1986] HCA 14; (1986) 160 CLR 226
Scope and content: Implied term - custom - business efficacy - insurance

Concrete Constructions v Nelson
(1990) 169 CLR 594
Vitiating factors: Misleading or deceptive conduct - in trade or commerce

Coulls v Bagot's Executor & Trustee Co Ltd 
(1967) 119 CLR 460
Formation: Consideration with joint promisees
Privity

Council of the Upper Hunter County District v Australian Chilling & Freezing Co Ltd
(1968) 118 CLR 429
Formation: Certainty

Crescendo Management Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corp
(1988) 19 NSWLR 40
Vitiating factors: Duress (economic)

Crown v Clarke
(1927) 40 CLR 227
Formation: Acceptance in response to offer

Curtis v Chemical Cleaning and Dyeing Co
[1951] 1 KB 805(UK)
Scope and content: Terms (relevance of signature - where given after misrepresentation)

Cutter v Powell 
[1795] EWHC KB J13 (King's Bench)‍ ‍ (UK)
Performance: contract not divisible - entire contracts

D

 

Darlington Futures Ltd v Delco Australia Pty Ltd
(1986) 161 CLR 500
Scope and content: Exclusion clauses - contra proferentem rule

Dahlia Ltd v Four Millbank Nominees Ltd
[1978] 2 All ER 557 (UK)
Formation: Acceptance of unilateral contracts

Demagogue Pty Ltd v Ramensky
[1992] FCA 557
Formation: Misleading or deceptive Conduct (silence)

Dickinson v Dodds
(1876) 2 Ch D 46 (UK)
Formation: Offer - revocation - option

Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge and Co Ltd
[1915] AC 847 (UK)
Privity of contract

Dougan v Ley
(1946) 71 CLR 142
Remedies: Equitable remedies - Specific performance

Dunton v Dunton
(1892) 18 VLR 114
Formation: Consideration - giving up freedom

E

 

Ecosse Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Gee Dee Nominees Pty Ltd
[2017] HCA 12
Scope and content: Construction and interpretation of contracts. See High Court blog entry (29 March 2017)

Effem Foods Pty Limited v Lake Cumbeline Pty Limited
[1999] HCA 15
Vitiating factors: Misleading or Deceptive Conduct

Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd Woodside Energy Ltd v Electricity Generation Corporation
(2014) 251 CLR 640
Scope and content: Construction
Vitiating factors: Economic duress

Ellul and Ellul v Oakes
(1972) 3 SASR 377
Scope and content: Pre-contractual statements - incorporation of terms

Empirnall Holdings Pty Ltd v Machon Paull Partners Pty Ltd
(1988) 14 NSWLR 523
Formation: Acceptance - silence

Entores Ltd v Miles Far East Corporation
[1955] 2 ALL ER 493 (UK)
Formation: Postal rule - application to instantaneous forms of communication (telex)

Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Glengallan Investments Pty Ltd
[2004] HCA 55; (2004) 218 CLR 471 (High Court of Australia)
Scope and content: Terms - written agreement - parol evidence rule

Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Haxton 
(2012) 246 CLR 498; [2012] HCA 7 (High Court)
Vitiating factors: Illegality - independent cause of action

Ermogenous v Greek Orthodox Community of SA Inc
[2002] 209 CLR 95
Formation Intention to create legal relations (use of presumptions)

Errington v Errington
[1952] 1 KB 290 (UK)
Formation: Unilateral contract

Evans v Secretary, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
[2012] FCAFC 81
Formation: Intention to create legal relations

F

 

Fauzi Elias v George Sahely & Co (Barbados) Ltd
[1983] 1 AC 646 (UK)
Formation: Formalities - use of two documents to comply with formalities

Felthouse v Bindley
(1862) 142 ER 1037 (UK)
Formation: Acceptance by silence

Fitzgerald v F J Leonhardt Pty Ltd
[1997] 189 CLR 215
Vitiating factors: Illegality

Fitzgerald v Masters
(1956) 95 CLR 420
Termination: Breach - Abandonment

Foakes v Beer
(1884) 9 App Cas 605 (UK)
Formation: Consideration - Part payment of a debt

Fong v Cilli
(1968) 11 FLR 495 (Supreme Court of the NT)
Formation: Lapse of offer - death of offeror (the Court accepting the proposition that 'an offer cannot be accepted after the death of the offeror by an offeree having notice of such death')

Foran v Wight
[1989] HCA 51; (1989) 168 CLR 385
Termination: Breach of contract - time of the essence - estoppel

Futuretronics International Pty Ltd v Gadzhis
[1992] 2 VR 217 (SC of Vic)
Vitiating factors: Misleading and deceptive conduct - representation as to future conduct - whether contractual promise = representation

G

 

Garcia v National Australia Bank Limited
[1998] HCA 48
Vitiating factors: Undue Influence

Gates v City Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd
(1986) 160 CLR 1
Vitiating factors: Misleading and deceptive conduct
Formation: Collateral contract

Gibbons v Wright
(1954) 91 CLR 423
Formation: Capacity

Gibson v Manchester City Council 
[1979] 1 WLR 294 (UK)
Formation: Offer (invitation to deal)

Glasbrook v Glamorgan County Council
[1925] AC 270 (UK)
Formation: Consideration (performance of existing public duties)

Gnych v Polish Club Limited
[2015] HCA 23
Vitiating factors: Statutory illegality

Godecke v Kirwan
(1973) 129 CLR 629
Formation: Certainty

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co Ltd v Quinn
[1910] HCA 20; (1910) 10 CLR 674 (19 May 1910)
Vitiating factors: Mistake
Remedies: Specific performance

Google Inc v ACCC
[2013] HCA 1
Vitiating factors: Misleading and Deceptive Conduct

Gordon v Macgregor
(1909) 8 CLR 316
Scope and content: Parol Evidence Rule

H

 

Hadley v Baxendale
(1854) 9 Ex 341 (UK)
Remedies: Damages - Remoteness

Hall v Busst
(1960) 104 CLR 206
Formation: Certainty

Hamer v Sidway
(1881) 124 NY 538 (USA)
Formation: Consideration - giving up freedom

Harrington v Taylor
36 SE 2d 227 (1945) (USA)
Formation: Past consideration

Hart v O'Connor
[1985] 1 AC 1000(UK)
Formation: Capacity

Hawker Pacific Pty Ltd v Helicopter Charter Pty Ltd
(1991) 22 NSWLR 298
Vitiating factors: Duress

HCK China Investments Ltd v Solar Honest Ltd
[1999] FCA 1156
Vitiating factors: Illegality

Henjo Investments v Collins Marrickville
[1988] FCA 40; (1988) 39 FCR 546; (1988) 79 ALR 83
Vitiating factors: Misleading conduct/misrepresentation (silence)

Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd
[1962] 2 QB 26
Scope and content: Terms (intermediate terms)

Houghton v Arms
(2006) 225 CLR 553
Vitiating factors: Misleading conduct (trade or commerce; liability of employees)

Howe v Teefy
(1927) 27 SR(NSW) 301
Remedies: Damages (loss of chance)

Hoyt’s Pty Ltd v Spencer
(1919) 27 CLR 133
Scope and content: Collateral contracts - parol evidence rule

Hyde v Wrench
(1840) Beav 334 (UK)
Formation: Agreement (counter-offer )

Hughes Aircraft Systems International v Airservices Australia 
[1997] FCA 558;(1997) 146 ALR 1
Scope and content: Good faith - implied term

I

 

Immer (No. 145) Pty Ltd v The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) 
[1993] HCA 27; (1993) 182 CLR 26
Termination: Rescission - election - whether affirmation

Interfoto Pictures v Stiletto Visual Programs
(1989) QB 433 (UK)
Scope and content: Incorporation of terms

J

 

JC Williamson Ltd v Lukey & Mulholland
(1931) 45 CLR 282
Formation: Formalities - doctrine of part performance - doctrine of specific performance

Jireh International Pty Ltd t/as Gloria Jean’s Coffee v Western Exports Services Inc  
[2011] NSWCA 137
Scope and Content: Construction - ambiguity gateway
[Special Leave refused]

Johnson v Buttress
(1936) 56 CLR 113
Vitiating factors: Undue influence - presumed undue influence

Jones v Padavatton
[1969] 2 All ER 616 (UK)
Formation: Intention to create legal relations

K

 

Kakavas v Crown Melbourne Ltd
[2013] HCA 25
Vitiating factors: Unconscionable conduct (predecessor to s 20 Australian Consumer Law)

Henry Kendall & Sons v William Lillico & Sons Ltd
[1969] 2 AC 31 (UK)
Scope and content: Incorporation of terms through prior dealing

Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Limited➤ (2007) 233 CLR 115
Termination: Repudiation - serious breach

L

 

L'Estrange v F Graucob
[1934] 2 KB 294, Court of Appeal (UK)
Scope and content: Terms - Effect of signing

Latella v LJ Hooker Ltd
(1985) 5 FCR 146
Vitiating factors: Misleading conduct - damages under s 82

Laurinda Pty Ltd v Capalaba Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd
[1989] HCA 23; (1989) 166 CLR 623
Termination: Repudiation - reasonable time - notice

Legione v Hateley
(1983) 152 CLR 406
Termination: Instalment contract - time of essence - breach - estoppel

The Life Insurance Co of Australia v Phillips
(1925) 36 CLR 60
Formation: Certainty - severance

Louth v Diprose
(1992) 175 CLR 621
Vitiating factors: Unconscionable conduct

Luna Park (NSW) Ltd v Tramways Advertising Pty Ltd
(1938) 61 CLR 286
Performance
Termination: Breach
Remedies: Damages

M

 

MacRobertson Miller Airline Services v Commissioner of State Taxation (WA)
(1975) 133 CLR 125
Formation: Agreement - Certainty - Illusory contract

Maguire v Makaronis
(1997) 188 CLR 449; [1997] HCA 23
Remedies: Equitable remedies - solicitor client - fiduciary relationship

Manchester Diocesan Council for Education v Commercial & General Investments Ltd
[1970] 1 WLR 241 (UK)
Formation: Acceptance (form)

Mann v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd
[2019] HCA 32
Remedies: Restitution - quantum meruit

Marks v GIO Australia Holdings Limited
[1998] HCA 69‍ ‍
Vitiating factors: Misleading or deceptive conduct - damages

Masters v Cameron
(1954) 91 CLR 353‍
Formation: Intention - subject to contract

Maxitherm Boilers Pty Ltd v Pacific Dunlop Ltd
[1998] 4 VR 559
Formation: Agreement - Battle of the forms

McBride v Sandland
(1918) 25 CLR 69
Formation: Formalities - part performance

McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd
(1933) 48 CLR 457
Termination: Discharge for breach - accrued rights - instalments

McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission
(1951) 84 CLR 377
Vitiating factors: Mistake

Meehan v Jones
(1982) 149 CLR 571
Formation: Certainty (subject to finance)

Miller & Associates Insurance Broking Pty Ltd v BMW Australia Finance Ltd
(2010) 421 CLR 357; [2010] HCA 31
Vitiating factors: Misleading or deceptive conduct - non-disclosure

Mobil Oil Australia Ltd v Lyndel Nominees Pty Ltd; Mobil Oil Australia v Wellcome International
(1998) 81 FCR 475
Formation: Offer and acceptance - unilateral contract - can offer be retracted after act of acceptance commended?

Molonglo Group (Australia) Pty Ltd v Cahill
[2018] VSCA 147
Formation: Sale of land - agreement to purchase - whether intention to be immediately bound. (Appeal from Cahill v Kiversun Pty Ltd [2017] VSC 641)

Money v Westpac Banking Corporation
[1988] FCA 84 (1988) ATPR (Digest) 46-038
Vitiating factors: Misleading conduct - mistake - non est factum - rectification

Musumeci v Winadell Pty Ltd
(1994) 34 NSWLR 723
Formation: Consideration - performance of existing duties

N

 

Nash v Inman
[1908] 2 KB 1 (UK)
Formation: Capacity - minors

National Australia Bank Ltd v Garcia
(1996) 39 NSWLR 577; [1996] NSWSC 253
Vitiating factors: Unconscionable conduct (equity) - Undue Influence

Nelson v Nelson
(1995) 184 CLR 538 [1995] HCA (10 May 1995)
Vitiating factors: Illegality

O

 

Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Co Inc v Fay
(1988) 165 CLR 197
Scope and content: Incorporation of terms

Oscar Chess Ltd v Williams
[1956] EWCA Civ 5; [1957] 1 WLR 370; [1957] 1 All ER 325 (UK)
Scope and content: Term versus representation

P

 

Pao On v Lau Yiu Long
[1979] 3 WLR 435 (UK)
Formation: Past consideration - exception to general rule

Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas
[2004] HCA 35; 218 CLR 451
Scope and content: Contract - carriage by sea - construction and interpretation - agency

Paciocco v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group ltd
[2016] HCA 28 ‍ ‍
Remedies: Penalty clauses

Paradine v Jane
[1647] EWHC KB J5(UK)
Termination: Frustration - absolute obligations - and Prince Rupert!

Parkdale Custom Built Furniture Pty Ltd v Puxu Pty Ltd
[1982] HCA 44
Vitiating factors: Misleading or deceptive conduct - conduct suggesting products manufactured by another company

Pavey & Matthews v Paul
(1987) 162 CLR 221
Remedies: Unenforceable contract - Restitution - Unjust Enrichment - Quantum meruit claim

Petelin v Cullen
(1975) 132 CLR 355
Vitiating factors: Mistake - Non Est Factum

Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots
[1953] 1 QB 401 (UK)
Formation: Offer v Invitation to deal

Photo Production Ltd v Securicor Transport Ltd
[1980] 1 All ER 556 (UK)
Scope and content: Exclusion clauses

Pianta v National Finance and Trustees
[1964] HCA 61; (1964) 180 CLR 146
Scope and content: Vendor and Purchaser - contract of sale - oral agreement
Remedies: specific performance - adequacy of damages

Pipikos v Trayans
[2018] HCA 39; 265 CLR 522; 92 ALJR 880
Formation: Formalities - doctrine of part performance

Pirie v Saunders
(1961) 104 CLR 149; [1961] HCA 4
Formalities - oral agreement - authenticated signature fiction

Placer Development Ltd v Commonwealth
[1969] HCA 29; (1969) 121 CLR 353
Formation: Certainty

Popiw v Popiw [1959] VR 197
Formation: Consideration

Port Jackson Stevedoring Pty Ltd v Salmond & Spraggon (Aust) Pty Ltd
[1978] HCA 8; (1977) 139 CLR 23
Scope and content: Exclusion clauses - third parties

Pukallus v Cameron
[1982] HCA 63
Vitiating factors: Mistake
Remedies: rectification

R

 

Raffles v Wichelhaus
(1864) 2 H & C 906 (UK)
Formation: Agreement - certainty - mistake

Reg Glass Pty Ltd v Rivers Locking Systems Pty Ltd
[1968] HCA 64; (1968) 120 CLR 516
Scope and content: Implied term - measure of damages

Regent v Millett
(1976) 133 CLR 679
Formation: Part performance

Roscorla v Thomas
(1842) 3 QB 234 (UK)
Formation: Past consideration

Rose & Frank & Co v Crompton
[1923] 2 KB 261 (UK)
Formation: Intention to create legal relations - Honour clauses

S

 

Saleh v Romanous
[2010] NSWCA 274; (2010) 79 NSWLR 453
Formation: Promissory estoppel

Savage (JJ) & Sons Pty Ltd v Blakney
(1970) 119 CLR 435
Formation: Collateral promise

Scammell v Ousten
[1941] AC 251 (UK)
Formation: Agreement - Certainty

Secured Income Real Estate v St Martin's Investments Pty Ltd
[1979] HCA 51; (1979) 144 CLR 596
Scope and content: Implied terms

Shaddock (L) & Associates Pty Ltd v City of Parramatta
(1981) 150 CLR 225
Remedies: Damages for negligent misstatement

Shepperd v The Council of the Municipality of Ryde
(1952) 85 CLR 1
Formation: Collateral promise or warranty

Shevill v Builders Licensing Board
[1982] HCA 47; (1982) 149 CLR 620
Remedies: Breach - damages

Smith v Hughes
[1871] LR 6 QB 597 (UK)
Formation: Agreement (objective test) - mistake

South Australian Cold Stores Ltd v Electricity Trust of South Australia
(1965) 115 CLR 247
Vitiating factors: Illegality

State Rail Authority of NSW v Heath Outdoor Pty Ltd
(1986) 7 NSWLR 170
Scope and Content: Incorporation of terms - parol evidence rule

Stilk v Myrick
1809 2 Camp 317 (UK)
Formation: Consideration - performance of existing duties

Svanosio v McNamara
[1956] HCA 55; (1956) 96 CLR 186
Vitiating factors: Mistake

Sydney Corporation v West
[1965] HCA 68; (1965) 114 CLR 481
Scope and content: Exclusion clause

T

 

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Bowen Investments Pty Ltd
[2009] HCA 8
Remedies: Damages for breach of contract - cost of rectification - lease

Tanwar Enterprises Pty Ltd v Cauchi
[2003] HCA 57; 217 CLR 315; 201 ALR 359; 77 ALJR 1853
Termination: Breach of contract - time of essence - specific performance

Taylor v Caldwell
[1863] EWHC QB J1 (UK)
Termination: Frustration - music hall - implied term

Taylor v Johnson
[1983] HCA 5; (1983) 151 CLR 422
Vitiating factors: Mistake

The Edge Development Group Pty Ltd v Jack Road Investments Pty Ltd
[2019] VSCA 91
Conditional contract - intention to be bound - Masters v Cameron (third category)

Thomas Brown & Sons Ltd v Fazal Deen
[1962] HCA 59; (1962) 108 CLR 391
Vitiating factors: Illegality - severance

Thorne v Kennedy
[2017] HCA 49
Vitiating factors: Undue Influence - Unconscionable Conduct (pre-nuptual agreement)

Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd
[1971] 1 All ER 686 (UK)
Scope and content: Incorporation of terms - notice (automatic ticket machine)

Todd v Nicol
[1957] SASR 72
Formation: Intention - family agreement

Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd
[2004] HCA 52; 219 CLR 165; 79 ALJR 129; 211 ALR 342
Scope and content: Exclusion clauses

Trident General Insurance Co Ltd v McNiece Bros Pty Ltd
(1988) 165 CLR 107
Privity of Contract

Tweddle v Atkinson
(1861) 1 B & S 393; [1861-1873] All ER Rep 369 (UK)
Formation: Consideration
Privity of Contract

U

 

Unique International College Pty Ltd v ACCC
[2018] FCAFC 155
Vitiating factors: Unconscionable conduct

United Group Rail Services Ltd v Rail Corporation of NSW
[2009] NSWCA 177; (2009) 74 NSWLR 618
Formation: Certainty - Agreement to negotiate in good faith - severance

Upper Hunter County District Council v Australian Chilling and Freezing Co Ltd
(1968) 118 CLR 429
Formation: Certainty

W

 

Walford v Miles
[1992] 2 AC 128 (UK)
Formation: Agreement - certainty - lockout agreements

Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher
(1988) 164 CLR 387
Formation: Promissory Estoppel

Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia ("Rothwells Loan case")
[1992] HCA 55; (1992) 175 CLR 514
Vitiating factors: Misleading conduct - time at which cause of action accrues

Western Export Services Inc v Jireh International Pty Ltd
[2011] HCA 45 [reasons given in special leave application] [see also transcript]
Scope and content: Construction - ambiguity gateway (Codelfa considered)

Westpac Banking Corp v Graham Douglas Cockerill & Ors 
[1998] 43 FCA
Vitiating factors: Duress

Whitlock v Brew 
[1968] HCA 71; (1968) 118 CLR 445
Formation: Certainty

Wigan v Edwards 
(1974) 1 ALR 497
Formation: Consideration - giving up a legal right

Wilkinson v Osborne 
[1915] HCA 92; (1915) 21 CLR 89
Vitiating factors: Illegality

Williams v Pisano 
[2015] NSWCA 177 (special leave refused)
Vitiating factors: Misleading conduct - Australian Consumer Law - meaning of 'trade or commerce'

Williams v Roffey Bros and Nicholls (Contractors) Pty Ltd 
(1990) 1 All ER 512 (UK)
Formation: Consideration - performance of existing duties

Wilton v Farnworth 
[1948] HCA 20; (1948) 76 CLR 646
Vitiating factors: Unconscionable conduct (setting aside deed in equity)

Winter v Nemeth 
[2018] NSWSC 644
Formation: Intention to create legal relations

Woolworths Ltd v Kelly  
(1991) 22 NSWLR 189 (subscription)
Formation: Adequacy of consideration

Y

 

Yango Pastoral Company Pty Ltd v First Chicago Australia Ltd 
[1978] HCA 42; (1978) 139 CLR 410
Vitiating factors: Statutory illegality

Yerkey v Jones 
(1939) 63 CLR 649
Vitiating factors: Undue Influence - husband and wife

Yorke v Lucas 
[1985] HCA 65; (1985) 158 CLR 661
Vitiating factors: Misleading or deceptive conduct - liability of persons aiding, abetting etc a party to contravention - whether knowledge of facts necessary