Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority (Nsw)

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date1982
Neutral Citation1982-0511 HCA A,[1982] HCA 24
Date1982
Year1982
CourtHigh Court
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  • Construction & Infrastructure - What's News - 18 December 2013
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • December 24, 2013
    ...v Whitworth Street Estates (Manchester) Limited [1970] AC 583 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLR 337 Amann Aviation Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1988) 100 ALR 267 Foran v Wight (1989) 168 CLR 385. Ogle v Comboyoro Investments Pty Ltd (1976) CLR ......
  • COVID-19: Doctrine of Frustration: Implications for Contracts in Australia
    • Australia
    • JD Supra Australia
    • March 27, 2020
    ...1. Brisbane City Council v Group Projects Pty Ltd (1979) 145 CLR 143. 2. Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW (1982) 149 CLR 337; Brisbane City Council v Group Projects Pty Ltd [1979] HCA 54. 3. Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council [1956] UKHL 3. 4. O......
  • Options for businesses when temporary COVID-19 restrictions make it illegal to perform a contract
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • April 20, 2020
    ...729, adopted in Brisbane CC v Group Projects Pty Ltd (1979) 145 CLR 143 and Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority (NSW) (1982) 149 CLR 337. 6 Metropolitan Water Board v Dick Kerr & Co [1918] AC 119. 7 Scanlan's New Neon Limited v Tooheys Limited (1943) 67 CLR 169. 8 Cooper......
  • Property & Projects - What's News - 10 July 2012
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • July 13, 2012
    ...contracts and in the legislative framework governing retirement villages – Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority (NSW) [1982] HCA 24; (1982) 149 CLR 337; Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust v South Sydney City Council [2002] HCA 5; (2002) 240 CLR 45; Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v A......
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9 books & journal articles
  • RE-EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUTUAL PROMISES IN CONTRACT LAW.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 45 No. 2, April 2022
    • April 1, 2022
    ...75) [21]. (80) Stephen A Smith, Contract Theory(n 76) 112-13. (81) See, eg, Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NS W (1982) 149 CLR 337 (' Codelfa); BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 ('BP (82) The test for implication of a term in fa......
  • Contract formation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • April 13, 2020
    ...in the contract, should not in fact form part of the contract: Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLr 337 at 353, per Mason J. 180 Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2004) 219 CLr 165 at [39], [45] and [57]. See also LF Construction Pte ......
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    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • April 13, 2020
    ...Ltd [1938] 1 Ch 1 at 10, per Sir Wilfred Greene MR. 178 See, eg, Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLR 337. 179 here may, in many projects, be environmental laws and regulations which afect such matters, and which may have the efect of protect......
  • Contract Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2013, December 2013
    • December 1, 2013
    ...distinction Mason J drew between implication and rectification in Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales(1982) 149 CLR 337. While this accords with theoretical neatness, one should not lose sight of the fact that implication can also be relevant. A case may b......
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