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[1996] FCA 124
Federal Court of Australia
1996-03-07
Merkel J
Original judgment source is linked above.
Mooney v. Williams (1905) 3 CLR 1, 8 and Brogden v. Metropolitan Railway Co. (1877) 2 App Cas 666, 680, 682, 691.
(1969-1970) 120 CLR 365, 388-9
Cook v Chas E Blanks Pty. Ltd. [1968] 3 NSWR 356; TJ Precision Engineering Pty. Ltd. v Crane Copper & Aluminium Pty. Ltd. [1968] 3 NSWR 360.
1969-70 119 CLR 435.
Barwick CJ Kitto Menzies Owen and Walsh JJ p.442-3
Similarly in Hospital Products Limited v. United States Surgical Corporation & Others (1984-1985) 156 CLR 41 it was held that the statements by an exclusive distributor preceding his appointment as a distributor that he would devote his best endeavours to distributing the company's products and building up the market for them were promissory.
Thorby v. Goldberg (1964) 112 CLR 597, 607 (Menzies J quoting Sugerman J from the NSW Court of Appeal in that case).
Meehan v. Jones (1982) 149 CLR 571, 589 (Mason J.)
Upper Hunter County District Council v. Australian Chilling and Freezing Co. (1968) 118 CLR 492 per Barwick CJ at 589.
F. & G. Sykes (Wessen) Ltd. v. Fine Fare Ltd. (1967) 1 Lloyd's Rep. 53 at 57-8.
Brown v. Gould (1972) Ch 53, 57-8.
Letter of Ms Jamin dated 27 July 1989.
Sheffield District Railway Co. v Great Central Railway Co. (1911) 27 TLR 451 (A.T. Lawrence J).
(1952) 69 RPC 234, 237.
(1979-1980) 144 CLR 83, 100-1.
(1937) 4 All ER 118, 127
Global Sportsman Pty. Ltd. v. Mirror Newspapers Ltd. (1984) 2 FCR 82, James v. ANZ Banking Group Ltd. (1986) 64 ALR 347, 372.
James v. ANZ Banking Group Ltd. p.372.
Mooney
Williams
(1905) 3 CLR 1
(1964) 112 CLR 597
(1982) 149 CLR 571
(1984) 2 FCR 82
(1986) 64 ALR 347
(1968) 118 CLR 492