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Laratae v Dean's Pty Ltd
[2016] VSCA 71
Citation 1
…[7] See Laratae v Dean's Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 71…
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Sigiriya Capital Pty Ltd v Scanlon
[2013] NSWCA 401
Citation 2
(Para 30)
…ory or of no effect: Chapmans Ltd v Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (1996) 67 FCR 402 at 411 (Lockhart and Hill JJ); Sigiriya Capital Pty Ltd v Scanlon [2013] NSWCA 401 at [30] (Leeming AJ, Meagher AJ and Sackville AJA agreeing). 53.In construing the Release therefore, and as I have stated, context is important. The…
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Scaffidi v Perpetual Trustees Victoria Ltd
[2011] WASCA 159
Citation 3
(Para 14)
…n once accrued had to be by deed under seal: McDermott v Black [1940] HCA 4; 63 CLR 161 at 176 (Starke J); Scaffidi v Perpetual Trustees Victoria Ltd [2011] WASCA 159; 42 WAR 59 at [14] per curiam. However, the common law also recognised that a cause of action could be discharged by an agreement for valuable consid…
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International Air Transport Association v Ansett Australia Holdings Ltd
[2008] HCA 3
Citation 4
(Para 1)
…Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52; 219 CLR 165 at [40]-[41] per curiam ; International Air Transport Association v Ansett Australia Holdings Ltd [2008] HCA 3; 234 CLR 151 at [8] (Gleeson CJ).…
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Blue Moon Grill Pty Ltd v Yorkey's Knob Boating Club Inc
[2006] QCA 253
Citation 5
(Para 20)
…eement by reference to pre-determined categories of accords. As Keane JA has observed in Blue Moon Grill Pty Ltd v Yorkey’s Knob Boating Club Inc [2006] QCA 253 at [20], it is important to focus on what the parties have agreed, rather than with the categorisation of that agreement as an accord and satisfaction, a…
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Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd
[2004] HCA 52
Citation 6
(Para 1)
…ACJ, Murphy and Deane JJ); Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas [2004] HCA 35; 218 CLR 451 at [22] per curiam; Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52; 219 CLR 165 at [40]-[41] per curiam ; International Air Transport Association v Ansett Australia Holdings Ltd [2008] HCA 3; 234 CLR 151 at [8] (Glee…
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Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas
[2004] HCA 35
Citation 7
(Para 1)
…reement is intended to secure: Taylor v Johnson [1983] HCA 5; 151 CLR 422 at 428 (Mason ACJ, Murphy and Deane JJ); Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas [2004] HCA 35; 218 CLR 451 at [22] per curiam; Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52; 219 CLR 165 at [40]-[41] per curiam ; International Air Tran…
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Taylor v Johnson
[1983] HCA 5
Citation 8
(Para 1)
…the language they have used, the surrounding circumstances known to the parties and the objects the agreement is intended to secure: Taylor v Johnson [1983] HCA 5; 151 CLR 422 at 428 (Mason ACJ, Murphy and Deane JJ); Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas [2004] HCA 35; 218 CLR 451 at [22] per curiam; Toll (FGCT) P…
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Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd
[1981] HCA 45
Citation 9
…(c) The plaintiff is precluded from bringing this action pursuant to the principals [sic] as set out in Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd [1981] HCA 45. (d) The plaintiff continues to be entitled to reasonable medical and like expenses under various claims for the accepted injuries to the right shoul…
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Henderson v Henderson
[1948] HCA 15
Citation 10
(Para 24)
…of Melbourne v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 the High Court addressed the “extended principle” expressed by Sir James Wigram V.C. in Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare, at p 115 as follows:…
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McDermott v Black
[1940] HCA 4
Citation 11
…43.The common law rule was that the release of a cause of action once accrued had to be by deed under seal: McDermott v Black [1940] HCA 4; 63 CLR 161 at 176 (Starke J); Scaffidi v Perpetual Trustees Victoria Ltd [2011] WASCA 159; 42 WAR 59 at [14] per curiam. However, the common law also recognised that a caus…
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Blair v Curran
[1939] HCA 23
Citation 12
(Para 36)
…n relation to appreciating the distinction between res judicata and issue estoppel, a good place to commence is with the decision in Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 at 531 in which Dixon J compared and contrasted the two and said:…
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Bartlett v Mouncey
[1998] FCA 418
Citation 13
…46.In Osborn v McDermott [1998] 3 VR 1, Phillips JA (Winneke P and Charles JA agreeing) explained (at 8) the traditional dichotomy: “ Where there is an accord and satisfaction, the agreement for compromise may be enforced, and indeed only that agreement may be enforced, because ex hypothesi the previous c…
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Chapmans Ltd v Australian Stock Exchange Ltd
[1996] FCA 738
Citation 14
…a court will strain against an interpretation that renders a particular clause nugatory or of no effect: Chapmans Ltd v Australian Stock Exchange Ltd (1996) 67 FCR 402 at 411 (Lockhart and Hill JJ); Sigiriya Capital Pty Ltd v Scanlon [2013] NSWCA 401 at [30] (Leeming AJ, Meagher AJ and Sackville AJA agreeing). 53.In…
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Derks v R and J Fibreglass Pty Ltd
[2009] VSC 601
Citation 15
(Para 26)
…nt, difficulties can arise in determining what questions were concluded by consent. This was discussed by Beach J in Derks v R&J Fibreglass Pty Ltd [2009] VSC 601 (see para.20). At paragraph 33 His Honour stated that " ordinarily one would think that in order to work out what was or was not in issue in a particul…