Mcdonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1933] HCA 25,1933-0515 HCA B
Date1933
Year1933
CourtHigh Court
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3 firm's commentaries
  • How to terminate a contract
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 25 Junio 2013
    ...18Johnson v Agnew [1980] AC 367 at 392; [1979] ANZ ConvR 237; [1979] 1 All ER 883; [1979] 2 WLR 487. 19McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457; [1933] ALR 381; (1933) 7 ALJR 94; 20Concut Pty Ltd v Worrell (2000) 176 ALR 693 at 699-700; 75 ALJR 312; [2000] HCA 64; BC200007593. 21Pr......
  • Inside track: Construction & Infrastructure - in the media, in practice and courts, cases and legislation
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 22 Mayo 2019
    ...damages claim for defective work - Shevill v Builders Licensing Board [1982] HCA 47; (1982) 149 CLR 620; McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd [1933] HCA 25; (1933) 48 CLR 457, applied - Whether costs of rectifying defects to be calculated in builder's reasonable price under s 41(5) - Builder pai......
  • High Court clarifies what builders can recover after terminating a contract for repudiation
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 20 Noviembre 2019
    ...becoming completely irrelevant upon rescission is fallacious which legal fiction had been dispelled in McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457. The High Court reaffirmed Mason CJ's finding in Baltic Shipping Co v Dillon (1993) Sopov 176 CLR 344 at 356 in that a discharge only oper......
5 books & journal articles
  • The 2017 Winterton Lecture. Sir Owen Dixon Today
    • Australia
    • University of Western Australia Law Review No. 43-1, January 2018
    • 1 Enero 2018
    ...HCA 18. 91 (1931) 45 CLR 359, 377-8. 92 Air Link v Paterson (2005) 223 CLR 283, [143]; [2005] HCA 39. 93 (1933) 48 CLR 457 at 476-7; [1933] HCA 25. 94 (2008) 236 CLR 342, [2]; [2008] HCA 22. 44 incurred in the creation of the fund, a secured creditor of an insolvent company may not have the......
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Law of Insolvent Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships Contents
    • 29 Agosto 2015
    ...Civ 303, [2009] QB 450 259–60, 261 Maxwell Communications Corp plc (No 3), Re [1993] 1 WLR 1402 159 McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457 267 McHugh v Union Bank of Canada (No 2) [1913] AC 299 238 Meadows Indemnity Co Ltd v Insurance Corpn of Ireland plc [1989] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 298......
  • Liquidation: Partnerships
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Law of Insolvent Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships Contents
    • 29 Agosto 2015
    ...[2002] 1 AC 185 at 193 per Lord Millett. 12 [2000] UKHL 19, [2002] 1 AC 185 at 195 per Lord Millett. 13 McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457 at 476–477 per Dixon J. 14 [2000] UKHL 19, [2002] 1 AC 185 at 193 per Lord Millett. 268 Law of Insolvent Partnerships and Limited Liabili......
  • UNJUST ENRICHMENT IN AUSTRALIA: WHAT IS(N'T) IT? IMPLICATIONS FOR LEGAL REASONING AND PRACTICE.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 43 No. 3, April 2020
    • 1 Abril 2020
    ...MSD Securities Pty Ltd v MFB Properties (NQ) Pty Ltd [No 2] [2018] 2 Qd R 51, 86-7 [130]-[131] (Bond J); McDonald v Dennys Lascelles (1933) 48 CLR 457, 470 (Starke J), citing Lexane Pty Ltd v Highfern Pty Ltd [1985] 1 Qd R 446, 454-5 (McPherson (83) Mason, Carter and Tolhurst (n 73) 556-7 [......
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