Cases Flashcards

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Contract Law - offer to world vs invitation to treat, not a puff, waived right to be notified of acceptance

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Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co

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2
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Contract Law - cannot impose silence as means of acceptance

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Felthouse v Bindley

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3
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Contract Law - intention (domestic arrangement)

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Balfour v Balfour

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4
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Contract Law - past consideration is not valid consideration

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Re McArdle

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5
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CGA - ordinarily acquired vs actual use

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Nesbitt v Porter

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6
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CGA - can obtain damages for reasonably foreseeable consequential damage

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A & W Holdings Ltd v Hosking

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7
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Negligence - who owes duty (proximity)

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Donoghue v Stevenson

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8
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Negligence - proximity/foreseeability

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Bourhill v Young

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9
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Negligence - reluctant to hold police liable (floodgates ardument)

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Hill v Chief Constable of Yorkshire

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10
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Negligence - probability of risk

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Bolton v Stone

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11
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Negligence - but for test

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Barnett v Chelsea Hospital

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12
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Negligence - liable for full extent even if not all is foreseen

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Attorney General v Geothermal Produce

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13
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Negligence - egg shell skull principle

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Smith v Leech Brain

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14
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Fiduciary obligation - between trust and beneficiary

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Keech v Sandford

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15
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Fiduciary obligation - fair dealing conflict of interest and failed to suggest independent legal advice

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Witten-Hannah v Davis

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16
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Fiduciary obligation - secret profits

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Bentley v Craven

17
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Equitable breach of confidence - established elements

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Coco v AN Clark

18
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Equitable breach of confidence - copied unconsciously

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Seager v Copydex

19
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Equitable breach of confidence - trade secret, headstart doctrine

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Aquaculture Corporation v NZ Green Mussel Co Ltd

20
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Equitable breach of confidence - disclosure in public interest defence

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Woodward v Hutchins

21
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Copyright - must be exposed to original work

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Beckmann v Mayceys Confectionery

22
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Trade Marks Act - infringement because likely to confuse

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Levi Strauss v Kimbyr Investment

23
Q

Founded concept of corporate personality/separate legal personality

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Salomon v Salomon

24
Q

Agent agreed to something illegal but still acts within actual authority

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Giltrap City Ltd v Commerce Commission