Principles of Contract Law, 5th Edition remains Australia’s premier text for students of contract law. The new edition has been significantly revised in light of recent developments, including the following:
- Clarification and confirmation of the new approach to presumptions in relation to the intention to create legal relations requirement: Ashton v Pratt; and Evans v Secretary, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs;
- Growing divisions about the nature and scope of application of promissory estoppel: DHJPM Pty Ltd v Blackthorn Resources Ltd;
- Developments in the law of restitution, including the role of unjust enrichment as well as the change of position and illegality defences to restitutionary claims: Australian Financial Services and Leasing Pty Ltd v Hills Industries;
- Recent High Court approaches to construction and implication of terms: Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd;
- Developments in principles applying to termination for non-fulfilment of a contingent condition: Principal Properties Pty Ltd v Brisbane Broncos Leagues Club Ltd; discussion of the scope of the penalty doctrine: Paciocco v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd;
- discussion of recent case law applying the prohibition against misleading or deceptive conduct, including: Madden v Seafolly Pty Ltd and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v TPG Internet Pty Ltd;
- Important new case law on both unconscionable dealing in equity and under statute: Kakavas v Crown Melbourne Ltd; and
- Discussion of recent illegality cases: McHugh v Australian Jockey Club Ltd.