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Identifying agreement: questioning the traditional approach
Record ID:
18770
Format:
LIJ Article
Year:
1997
Author:
Khoury, Daniel ;
Subject:
Contracts ; Agreements ;
Source:
LIJ (1997) 71 No 6
Date_of_entry:
19/06/1997
Notes:
One of the essential elements of a contract is "agreement". Two decisions of the Victorian Supreme Court have reactivated the debate over the usefulness of the traditional offer/acceptance approach to establishing whether there is agreement between parties in a contract.
Section:
Articles
Cases:
Vroon BV v Foster's Brewing Group Ltd [1994] 2 VR 32 ; Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd and Anor v Ken Morgan Motors Pty Ltdand Ors [1994] 2 VR 108 ; New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v AM Satterthwaite and Co Ltd [1975] AC 154 ; MacRobertson Miller Airline Services v Commissioner of State Taxaation (WA)(1975) 133 CLR 125 ; Gibson v Manchester City Council [1978] 1 WLR 520 ; Harvela Investments Ltd v Royal Trust Company of Canada (CI) Ltd [1985] 1 Ch103 ;
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June

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