Australia Leading Case uncategorized

Steele v Tardiani

[1946] HCA 21; (1946) 72 CLR 386

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1946

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Where a party accepts the benefit of partial or non-conforming performance and does not insist on complete performance, the performer may recover on a quantum meruit for the value of the work actually done.

Area of Law

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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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