Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Court | High Court |
| Judge | French CJ,Hayne,Crennan,Kiefel JJ.,Gageler J. |
| Judgment Date | 05 March 2014 |
| Neutral Citation | [2014] HCA 7 |
| Date | 05 March 2014 |
| Docket Number | Matter No P47/2013 |
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Inside track: Property & Real Estate - in the media, published articles, papers and reports, in practice and courts, cases and legislation
...banker - Condition subsequent not satisfied - No admission of indebtedness - Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640 - Estate Agents Act 1980 ss 47, 48A, 49A, 50, Okil and Rajput v Lu and Turner (Building and Property) [2019] VCAT 525 Retail lease - landl......
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Construction & Infrastructure - What's News - 12 May 2015
...assessment of the claimant's status at the time of the wrongful act and the time of the claim - Electricity Corporation v Woodside Energy [2014] HCA 7; (2014) 251 CLR 640; Darlington Futures Ltd v Delco Australia Pty Ltd [1986] HCA 82; (1986) 161 CLR 500; Mobbs v Powell [1965] VicRp 33; [19......
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Property & Real Estate News - 14 February 2018
...repayment of mortgage loan from receiver after auction - Electricity Generation Corporation (t/a Verve Energy) v Woodside Energy Ltd [2014] HCA 7; (2014) 251 CLR 640 applied. CONTRACT - Termination - Inability to obtain construction finance to complete development - Whether a contractual ob......
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A 'reasonable endeavours' clause may allow a party to decline to perform because it is against the party's commercial interest
...t/as Verve Energy v Woodside Energy Ltd & Ors; Woodside Energy Ltd & Ors v Electricity Generation Corporation t/as Verve Energy [2014] HCA 7, the majority of the High Court found that the Sellers did not breach their reasonable endeavours obligation to make available supplementary g......
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3 books & journal articles
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Back on Course - Excluding the Right to Limit Liability Under the 1976 Convention: Bahamas Oil Refining Company International Ltd v The Owners of the Cape Bari Tankschiffahrts GMBH & Co KG ('The Cape Bari') [2016] UKPC 20
...(2015) 256 CLR 104, 116 [48]-[50] (French CJ, Nettle and Gordon JJ); Electricity General Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd & Ors (2014) 251 CLR 640, 656-657 [35] (French CJ, Hayne, Crennan and Kiefel JJ) (‘Woodside’) ; Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority (NSW) (1982) 149......
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The Problem with Amann: Would an Agreement-Centred Approach to Remoteness Benefit Australian Jurisprudence?
...84 [2011] HCA 45. Jireh, a case of refusal of special leave to appeal, does not have precedential value; however, it is persuasive. 85 (2014) 251 CLR 640 at [35]. 86 [2015] HCA 37. 87 (1977) 180 CLR 266. 2017] The Problems with Amann 19 Simon of Glaisdale, giving the advice of the majority ......
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Construction of Contracts: The Ambiguity Gateway and the Current State of the Law
...once and for all when it heard an appeal dealing with a commercial contract in Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy (2014) 251 CLR 640. Regrettably, the decision in that case has been the subject of much criticism59and did not provide any In Woodside, four of the five justic......