Mcrae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1951-0827 HCA A,[1951] HCA 79
Date1951
Year1951
CourtHigh Court
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    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
  • Gerbang Perdana Sdn Bhd v MTD ACPIEngineering Bhd
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 2016
  • Natixis S.A. v Marex Financial
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 2 October 2019
    ... ... also gave Marex an additional source of profit in the form of commission. Marex purchased the nickel from CHH with whom Marex also entered into a ... McRae v. Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1951) 84 C.L.R. 377, 408 ... That ... ...
  • Charles Terence Estates Ltd v Cornwall Council
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 7 October 2011
    ...of the contractual adventure is to be possible." After citing with approval a decision of the High Court of Australia, McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1951) 84 CLR 377, in particular the judgment of Dixon and Fullagar JJ, Lord Phillips MR explained that the doctrine of mistake "f......
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3 books & journal articles
  • CONTRACT LAW IN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES: UNIFORMITY OR DIVERGENCE?
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2019, December 2019
    • 1 December 2019
    ...(1961) 24 MLR 421; and J C Smith, “Contracts – Mistake, Frustration and Implied Terms” (1994) 110 LQR 400, amongst other pieces. 80 (1951) 84 CLR 377. 81 And see, for example, the Singapore High Court decision of Wellmix Organics (International) Pte Ltd v Lau Yu Man [2006] 2 SLR(R) 117 at [......
  • CONTRACT DAMAGES AND THE PROMISEE'S ROLE IN ITS OWN LOSS.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 42 No. 2, April 2019
    • 1 January 2019
    ...and Kramer (n 24) 264-71. (54) For sale of goods outright, or as part of business, see, eg, McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1951) 84 CLR 377, 411, 414 (Dixon and Fullagar JJ); Aryeh v Lawrence Kostoris & Son Ltd [1967] 1 Lloyd's Rep 63, 70 (Willmer LJ); Clark v Macourt (2013)......
  • VITIATING FACTORS IN CONTRACT LAW — SOME KEY CONCEPTS AND DEVELOPMENTS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2005, December 2005
    • 1 December 2005
    ...14-100 to 14-125. 24 Supra n 19. 25 See, in particular, the Australian High Court decision of McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission(1951) 84 CLR 377. 26 See eg, C J Slade, “The Myth of Mistake in the English Law of Contract”(1954) 70 LQR 385; P S Atiyah, “Couturier v Hastie and the Sale......

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