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Bonython v Commonwealth

Bonython v Commonwealth of Australia [1951] AC 201; [1950] UKPCHCA 3; (1950) 81 CLR 486 (PC, on appeal from the High Court of Australia)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from the High Court of Australia)
Year1950
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

The proper law of a contract is the system of law by reference to which the contract was made or that with which the transaction has its closest and most real connection.

Area of Law

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