Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Ltd
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Judge | Gleeson CJ,Gummow,Heydon,Crennan JJ.,Kirby J. |
| Judgment Date | 13 December 2007 |
| Neutral Citation | 2007-1213 HCA C,[2007] HCA 61 |
| Court | High Court |
| Docket Number | S221/2007 |
| Date | 13 December 2007 |
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...see the passage from the majority decision of the High Court of Australia in Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Ltd [2007] HCA 61 (2007) 82 AJLR 345 at [54] cited by Lewison LJ in Telford Homes (Creekside) Ltd v Ampurius Nu Holdings [2013] EWCA Civ 577 at [50].” 126 Tur......
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Grand China Logistics Holding (Group) Company Ltd v Spar Shipping as
...a breach "going to the root of the contract" is a "conclusory description" (citing the High Court of Australia in Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Ltd (2007) 233 CLR 115, at [54]). However, in practice, such expressions are useful and readily capable of application; a ......
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14 firm's commentaries
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E-Alert: The concept of abandonment in contracts for the sale of land
...the right to do so) as opposed to assuming the contract is abandoned. Footnotes 1 Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Council v Sanpine Pty Ltd (2007) 241 ALR 88, 102. 2 Refer REIQ Contract for Houses and Residential Land (16th ed) standard condition 3.4. 3Tonner v Delaporte [2018] WASCA 115. 4 200......
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How to terminate a contract
...in In-House Counsel, Vol 16 No 6, May 2013 Footnotes 1Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Ltd (2007)233CLR115;241ALR88;[2007]HCA61;BC200710839. 2Above, n 1, at [48]. See also Tramways Advertising Pty Ltd v Luna Park (NSW) Ltd (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 632 at 641-2; 55 WN (NSW) 2......
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E-Alert: The concept of abandonment in contracts
...the right to do so) as opposed to assuming the contract is abandoned. Footnotes 1 Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Council v Sanpine Pty Ltd (2007) 241 ALR 88, 102. 2 Refer REIQ Contract for Houses and Residential Land (16th ed) standard condition 3.4. 3 Tonner v Delaporte [2018] WASCA 115. 4 20......
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Property & Projects - What's News - 4 April 2015
...Centre Pty Ltd [1989] HCA 23; (1989) 166 CLR 623; Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council & Anor v Sanpine Pty Ltd & Anor [2007] HCA 61; (2007) 233 CLR 115; Apriaden Pty Ltd v Seacrest Pty Ltd & Anor [2005] VSCA 139; (2005) 12 VR 319. Cases - Queensland Vecchio v Papavasiliou [......
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4 books & journal articles
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CONTRACT LAW IN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES: UNIFORMITY OR DIVERGENCE?
...175 See now also the similar approach taken by the High Court of Australia in Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Ltd [2007] HCA 61; (2007) 82 ALJR 345 (“Koompahtoo”). Further, Dharmananda and Papamatheos in their case note point out that two lower Australian courts have ......
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A Critical Evaluation on the Extent to Which 'Certainty of Outcome' and 'Proportionately of Outcome are Two Conflicting Concepts in the Development of the Three Categories of Promissory Term
...Underwriters [ಫThe Mercandian Continentಬ] [2001] 2 Lloydಬs Rep 563, 569; Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Ltd [2007] HCA 61, (2007) 233 CLR 115, 138, [49] 15 Ibid n.4, [60] (Arden LJ); Ibid n.3 on ‘Fundamental Breach And Breach Of An Innominate Term’ 16 Spar Shipping A......
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UNCERTAINTY IN PRIVATE LAW: RHETORICAL DEVICE OR SUBSTANTIVE LEGAL ARGUMENT?
...LJ), 62-4 (Upjohn LJ), 66, 69-71 (Diplock LJ) ('Hongkong Fir'). (92) Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Ltd (2007) 233 CLR 115, 139 [51]-[52] (Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Heydon and Crennan JJ) (93) Hongkong Fir (n 91) 66, 70 (Diplock LJ). See also Koompahtoo (n 92) 140 [55] (Gl......
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Uncertainty, Opportunism and the Intermediate Term: The Hong Kong Fir Principle in English and Irish Contract Law
...Ltd v Irish Civil Service Building Society Ltd [1991] I.L.R.M. 880 4 Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council v Sanpine Pty Limited [2007] HCA 61 05[02] Fisher.indd 96 03/06/2015 15:13 here that this has been an unfortunate development in the law, the reversal of which would constitute a us......