Australia

BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings

(1977) 180 CLR 266

JurisdictionAustralia

Year1977

Statusunclear

Key Principle

implication of terms in formal contracts; the five-part test: reasonable and equitable, necessary for efficacy, obvious, clear expression, no contradiction

Area of Law

contract

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