Orr v Ford
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | 1989-0208 HCA A,[1989] HCA 4 |
| Year | 1989 |
| Date | 1989 |
| Court | High Court |
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...is an equitable doctrine and De Beers” claim was grounded in common law. As the High Court of Australia forcefully said in Orr v Ford(1989) 167 CLR 316 at 340: “Laches … is not available in answer to a legal claim” (see also McGhee, Snell”s Equity (30th Ed, 2000) at p 33). The orthodox posi......
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