Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
CourtHigh Court
Judgment Date1988
Neutral Citation[1988] HCA 7,1988-0219 HCA A
Date1988
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4 firm's commentaries
  • Property & Projects - What's News - 10 July 2012
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 13 July 2012
    ...– No unit certificates issued – Previous settlements without unit certificates – Estoppel – Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher [1988] HCA 7; (1988) 164 CLR 387 – Whether holding statements are unit certificates. TRUST – Alleged invalidity of original issue where units issued at below $......
  • Promissory Estoppel
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 4 October 2021
    ...promissory estoppel can be a difficult remedy to obtain so always seek legal advice first. 1 Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your sp......
  • Promissory Estoppel
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 4 October 2021
    ...promissory estoppel can be a difficult remedy to obtain so always seek legal advice first. 1 Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your sp......
  • Inside Track: Property & Real Estate - In the media, in practice and courts, and cases
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 11 June 2020
    ...on foot - difference between a contractual promise and an equity arising from an estoppel - Waltons Stores (Interstate) Limited v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 - where finding that vendor induced purchaser to assume that contract of sale remained on foot - whether any detrimental reliance upon a......
7 books & journal articles
  • Sources of Rights
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Property
    • 5 August 2021
    ...Act codiied the common law of sale and dealt with a variety of different issues, including the standard warranties made by sellers and 230 [1988] HCA 7, 164 CLR 387 at 404, quoting Dixon J in Grundt v Great Boulder Pty Gold Mines Ltd , [1937] HCA 58, 59 CLR 641 at 675. 231 RSBC 1996, c 410;......
  • Table of Cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Property
    • 5 August 2021
    ...221 Walshe v Citizens Bank of Canada (2003), 63 OR (3d) 702 (SC) ......................260 Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher, [1988] HCA 7, 164 CLR 387 .......228–29 Wardar’s (Import & Export) Co Ltd v W Norwood & Sons Ltd, [1968] 2 QB 663 (CA) ......................................
  • The use and Enforcement of Soft Law by Australian Public Authorities
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review Nbr. 42-1, March 2014
    • 1 March 2014
    ...The reasoning of Scarman LJ was subsequently approved by a majority of the High Court in Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1 988) 164 CLR 387, 404 (Mason CJ & Wilson J); 425 (Brennan J); 460 (Gaudron J) ('Waltons v Maher'). However, it received detailed consideration only from Br......
  • Abandonment, copyright and orphaned works: what does it mean to take the proprietary nature of intellectual property rights seriously?
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 35 Nbr. 3, December 2011
    • 1 December 2011
    ...is much quicker to give legal effect to unilateral promises: Johnson, above n 66, 605-8. (132) Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387, 404 (Mason CJ and Wilson J), 429 (Brennan J), 443 (Deane J), 458 (Gaudron (133) Oravec v Sunny Isles Luxury Ventures LC, 469 F Supp 2d 1......
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