Sunbird Plaza Pty Ltd v Maloney
| Jurisdiction | Australia Federal only |
| Neutral Citation | [1988] HCA 11,1988-0317 HCA A |
| Date | 1988 |
| Court | High Court |
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...the secondary liability of the guarantor and the primary liability of the indemnifier. But as Mason CJ pointed out in Sunbird Plaza Pty Ltd v Maloney6, there is in this distinction ‘an element of ambiguity … unless the reference to primary liability is understood to mean ultimate liability’......
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2 firm's commentaries
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Contractual indemnities - drafting effective clauses
...2Erect Safe Scaffolding (Aust) Pty Ltd v Sutton (2008) 72 NSWLR 1 at 4; 173 IR 412; [2008] NSWCA114. 3Sunbird Plaza Pty Ltd v Maloney (1988) 166 CLR 245 at 254; 77 ALR 205; 62 ALJR 195; (1988) Q ConvR 54-295. 4Andar Transport Pty Ltd v Brambles Ltd (2004) 217 CLR 424 at 437; 206 ALR 387; [2......
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How to identify and respond to repudiation of a contract
...by the words and conduct of the other party or the other party's actual inability to perform (Sunbird Plaza Pty Ltd v Maloney (1988) 166 CLR 245). For example, this could be through an express or implied refusal to perform the contract. Also, a failure to substantially perform non-fundament......
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Security for performance
...surety). 50 Trade Indemnity Co Ltd v Workington Harbour & Dock Board [1937] AC 1 at 17, per Lord Atkin; Sunbird Plaza Pty Ltd v Maloney (1988) 166 CLR 245 at 254, per Mason CJ; Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft v Alpha Trains (UK) Ltd (2010) 132 Con LR 32 at 38 [21] and 38–39 [23], per Sir William......
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CONTRACT DAMAGES AND THE PROMISEE'S ROLE IN ITS OWN LOSS.
...(241) See Castle Constructions (n 10) 653-4 [27]-[29] (Mason P, Beazley JA agreeing at 666 [94]). (242) Sunbird Plaza Pty Ltd v Maloney (1988) 166 CLR 245, 260-1 (Mason CJ, Deane J agreeing at 265, Dawson J agreeing at 265, Toohey J agreeing at 265), 273 (Gaudron J). But see Mallick v Paris......
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A critical examination of how contract law is used by financial institutions operating in multiple jurisdictions.
...7 . (117) Commonwealth Securities Ltd, CommSec Margin Loan (March 2009) 16, 20, 28, 38, 40 . (118) Sunbird Plaza Pty Ltd v Maloney (1988) 166 CLR 245,254 (Mason C J) (citations (119) Andar Transport Pty Ltd v Brambles Ltd (2004) 217 CLR 424, 437 [23] (Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow, Hayne and H......