Australia Leading Case uncategorized

McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission

[1951] HCA 79; (1951) 84 CLR 377

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1951

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Where a party contracts on the basis of a promise (express or implied) that the subject matter exists, the non-existence of that subject matter is a breach, not an operative common mistake voiding the contract — especially where that party caused the mistake.

Area of Law

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Miller v The Queen [2016] HCA 30; (2016) 259 CLR 380 (Miller v The Queen; Smith v The Queen; Presley v DPP (SA))

Vines v ASIC [2007] NSWCA 75; (2007) 73 NSWLR 451

Ringrow Pty Ltd v BP Australia Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 71; (2005) 224 CLR 656

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