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NICOLETTE KATSAMBANIS
BTF1010

Table of Contents
Termination by performance ...................................................... 6
Partial Performance ............................................................................................................................... 6
Termination by agreement ......................................................... 7
Time clauses .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Termination by breach ............................................................... 7
Termination by frustration ......................................................... 8
5 conditions that must be met .............................................................................................................. 8
Examples of circumstances not amounting to frustration ..................................................................... 8
A party cannot plead frustration if… ...................................................................................................... 8
Effects of frustration .............................................................................................................................. 9
Remedies for breach of contract ................................................ 9
The three principles re damages for breach .......................................................................................... 9
Hadley v Baxendale ......................................................................................................................... 10
Victoria Laundry v Newman Industries ........................................................................................... 10
Payzu v Saunders ............................................................................................................................ 11
Particular rules regarding remoteness ................................................................................................. 11
Falco v McEwan .............................................................................................................................. 11
Boncristiano v Lohmann .................................................................................................................. 11
Howe v Teefy ................................................................................................................................... 11
Jarvis v Swans tours ........................................................................................................................ 12
Baltic shipping v Dillon .................................................................................................................... 12
Penalties and liquidated damages ....................................................................................................... 13
Prohibition of ‘misleading or deceptive conduct’ ....................... 14
The elements of s 18 ............................................................... 14
Concrete Constructions v Nelson ..................................................................................................... 14
Google v ACCC ................................................................................................................................. 14
Silence- no general duty to disclose ......................................... 15
Henjo v Collins Marrickville ............................................................................................................. 15
Demagogue v Ramensky ................................................................................................................. 15
ACCC takes action against corporations for misleading or
deceptive conduct when advertising or marketing goods or
services .................................................................................. 16
ACCC v TPG ..................................................................................................................................... 16
ACCC v Turi ...................................................................................................................................... 16
ACCC v Coles ................................................................................................................................... 16
Section 18 as a weapon for business- competitor takes action
against a competitor ............................................................... 17
McWilliams Wines v McDonalds systems ....................................................................................... 17
Parkdale v Puxu ............................................................................................................................... 17
Apand v Kettle chip ......................................................................................................................... 17
Consumers sue corporations for misleading or deceptive conduct
(often for conduct in pre-contractual negotiations) ................... 17
Bevanere v Lubidineuse ................................................................................................................... 17

Byers v Dorotea ............................................................................................................................... 17
Issues of fault and intention .................................................... 17
Yorke v Lucas ................................................................................................................................... 17
Exclusion clauses and s18 ........................................................ 17
Butcher v Lachlan Elder Real Estate ................................................................................................ 18
Remedies for breach of s 18 ..................................................... 18
Wakefield trucks v Lach Transport .................................................................................................. 18
HTW v Astonland Pty Ltd ................................................................................................................. 18
Unconscionable conduct .......................................................... 19
Under the unwritten law (or common law): s20 ACL ................... 19
CBA v Amadio ................................................................................................................................. 19
Louth v Diprose ............................................................................................................................... 19
ACCC v Berbatis ............................................................................................................................... 19
ACCC v Samton Holdings ................................................................................................................. 19
Unconscionable conduct and small business ............................. 19
Unfair contract terms .............................................................. 20
An unfair term in a statement form consumer contract is void: s23 (1) .............................................. 20
Meaning of ‘consumer’ contract: s23(3) .............................................................................................. 20
Meaning of ‘unfair’: s24 (1) ................................................................................................................. 20
ACCC v Dell Computer ..................................................................................................................... 21
Nationwide News v ACCC ................................................................................................................ 21
Ascot Four v ACCC ........................................................................................................................... 21
ACCC v Gordon Superstore .............................................................................................................. 22
Country of origin false representations ............................................................................................... 22
Remedies ............................................................................... 22
ACCC v Harvey Norman ................................................................................................................... 22
Singtel Optus v ACCC ....................................................................................................................... 22
ACCC v Apple ................................................................................................................................... 23
Consumer guarantees ............................................................. 23
Consumer guarantees and supply of goods ......................................................................................... 23
Consumer guarantees and supply of services ...................................................................................... 24
Limitation of liability re consumer guarantees .................................................................................... 24
ACL Part 5-4: Remedies for breach of consumer guarantees ............................................................... 25
Elements of negligence ........................................................... 26
Duty of Care ........................................................................... 26
Establishing the existence of duty of care ........................................................................................... 27
Perre v Apand ................................................................................................................................. 27
Duty of care in specific situations ............................................ 27
Duty of care and acts causing physical harm ....................................................................................... 27
Donoghue v Stevenson .................................................................................................................... 27
Modbury v Anzil .............................................................................................................................. 28
Australian Safeway stores v Zaluzna ............................................................................................... 28
Duty of care and acts causing mental harm ......................................................................................... 28
Jaensch v Coffey .............................................................................................................................. 28
Tame v NSW .................................................................................................................................... 28
Duty of care and liability for omisssions .............................................................................................. 30

Rogers v Whitaker ........................................................................................................................... 30
CAL No 14 Pty Ltd v Motor accidents board .................................................................................... 30
Negligent acts causing pure economic loss ......................................................................................... 31
Breach of duty of care ......................................................................................................................... 31
The probability of the occurrence of the risk or injury ........................................................................ 31
Bolton v Stone ................................................................................................................................. 31
RTA v Dederer .................................................................................................................................. 32