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Legione v Hateley

[1983] HCA 11; (1983) 152 CLR 406
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Year1983
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Equity may grant relief against forfeiture of a purchaser's interest under a contract for the sale of land even where time is of the essence, and promissory (equitable) estoppel can prevent a party from insisting on strict legal rights where the other has relied to its detriment on an induced assumption.

Area of Law

e

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