Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date1988
Neutral Citation[1988] HCA 7,1988-0219 HCA A
Date1988
CourtHigh Court
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5 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 $......
  • 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......
  • 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......
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21 books & journal articles
  • Contract Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2002, December 2002
    • 1 December 2002
    ...1 All ER (Comm) 737, Sir Andrew Morritt VC did refer to the Australian High Court decision of Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher(1988) 164 CLR 387, which (radically perhaps) allowed promissory estoppel to be utilised as a sword. Morritt VC, whilst not completely closing the door to all......
  • 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 No. 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 Brenna......
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