Grant v John Grant & Sons Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1954] HCA 23,1954-0601 HCA A
Date1954
CourtHigh Court
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3 firm's commentaries
  • Construction & Infrastructure - What's News? - 24 April 2012
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 28 April 2012
    ...purpose intersects with usual warnings about dangers of separate questions CONTRACT - deed of release - Grant v John Grant & Sons (1954) 91 CLR 112 - construction - general words of release confined to subject matter of dispute - limited by recitals and other admissible evidence EQUITY ......
  • Deeds of Release and their effectiveness
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 13 August 2019
    ...of Release. In particular, he noted with approval, reference to a majority decision of the High Court in Grant vs John Grant Sons Pty Ltd [1954] HCA 23 in which the majority had stated the following proposition at "The question is whether upon a proper interpretation of the deed the general......
  • Deeds of release and their effectiveness - update 2019
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 18 September 2019
    ...of Release. In particular, he noted with approval, reference to a majority decision of the High Court in Grant vs John Grant Sons Pty Ltd [1954] HCA 23 in which the majority had stated the following proposition at "The question is whether upon a proper interpretation of the deed the general......
1 books & journal articles
  • Dispute resolution
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...a penalty: Zenith Engineering Pty Ltd v Queensland Crane & Machinery Pty Ltd [2001] 2 Qd R 114. 238 Grant v John Grant & Sons Pty Ltd (1954) 91 CLR 112 at 129; BCCI v Ali [2002] 1 AC 251 at 259–260 [9], per Lord Bingham. he position may be diferent where one party knows that the other party......

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