Chan v Cresdon Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1989-1214 HCA A
Date1989
Year1989
CourtHigh Court

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4 books & journal articles
  • Security for performance
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...(Australia) Ltd (1987) 162 CLr 549 at 561; Coghlan v SH Lock (Australia) Ltd (1987) 8 NSWLr 88 at 92 (pC); Chan v Cresdon Pty Ltd (1989) 168 CLr 242 at 256, per Mason CJ; Johnsey Estates Ltd v Webb [1990] EGLr 80 at 82, per Millett J; Tower Housing Association Ltd v Technical & Guarantee Co......
  • Equity and Trust
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2002, December 2002
    • 1 December 2002
    ...the strict and narrow approach of actually enforcing the terms of the contract. Rather, following some dicta in Chan v Cresdon Pty Ltd(1989) 168 CLR 242, specific performance included equitable intervention by way of injunction so that the doctrine of Walsh v Lonsdale would apply to create ......
  • EQUITABLE LEASES, SUBDIVISION AND SECTION 4, PLANNING ACT
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2002, December 2002
    • 1 December 2002
    ...1992 at pp 125—129. 6 (1882) 21 ChD 9. 7 Progressive Mailing List Pty Ltd v Tabali Pty Ltd (1985) 157 CLR 17; Chan v Cresdon Pty Ltd. (1989) 168 CLR 242. 8 Supra n 1. 9 The probable reason for this stipulation is an attempt at avoiding having to apply for planning permission under the Plann......
  • Land Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2002, December 2002
    • 1 December 2002
    ...for this. Thean JA was of the view that this argument was totally misconceived. As he said (at [14]), following Chan v Cresdon Pty Ltd(1989) 168 CLR 242: “Once an agreement is enforceable in equity, the court in enforcing it is not confined to giving only the remedy of specific performance.......