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1 LAWHONS 733A - Studies in Contract Law View Online Studies in Contract Law 2015 Alexander F H Loke "Cost of Cure or Difference in Market Value? Toward a Sound Choice in the Basis for Quantifying Expectation Damages (1996) 10 JCL 189, Andrew Robertson "The Reliance Basis of Proprietary Estoppel Remedies (2008) 72 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 295., Antons Trawling Co Ltd v Smith [2003] 2 NZLR 23, 2 New Zealand Law Reports (2003). Appeal dismissed with costs. Reported by R. D. B. Bellgrove v Eldridge (1954) 90 CLR 613., CLR (2016). Attorney-General of hong Kong v humphrey s Estate (Queen s Gardens) Ltd [1987] AC 144 (PC) (n.d.). Ben McFarlane and Andrew Robertson "Apocalypse Averted: Proprietary Estoppel in the House of Lords (2009) 125 LQR 535., Brian Coote "Consideration and Variations: A Different Solution (2004) 120 LQR 19, CHLOROS, A. G. AG Chloros "The Doctrine of Consideration and the Reform of the Law of Contract: A Comparative Analysis (1968) 17 ICLQ 137. International and Comparative Law Quarterly 17, no. 1 (1968): Cobbe v Yeoman s Rowe Management Ltd [2008] UKHL 55, [2008] 1 WLR 1752 (n.d.). Commonwealth of Australia v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394 (n.d.). Coote, B. Brian Coote "Contract Damages, Ruxley, and the Performance Interest (1997) 56 Cambridge LJ 537. Cambridge Law Journal 56, no. 3 (1997): &id=555. Crabb v Arun District Council [1976] Ch 179 (CA) (n.d.). Cur adv vult. Clark v Macourt [2013] HCA 56, CLR (2016).. Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Bowen Investments Pty Ltd [2009] HCA 8, (2009) 236 CLR 272, CLR (2016). 1/5

2 Dawson, Francis. Francis Dawson "Contract as Assumption and Consideration Theory: A Reassessment of Williams v Roffey Bros (2011) 42 VUWLR 135. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, no. 42 (2011). 2&size=2&id=137.. Francis Dawson "Making Representations Good (1982) 1 Canta LR 329. The Canterbury Law Review, no. 1 (1982): Dillwyn v Llewelyn (1862) 4 De G F & J 517, 45 ER 1285 (Ch) (n.d.). Editorial Committee of the Modern Law Review. Editorial Committee of the Modern Law Review The Law Revision Committee s Sixth Interim Report (1937) 1 MLR 97. Modern Law Review, &size=2&id=105. Edwinton Commercial Corp v Tsavliris Russ (Worldwide Salvage and Towage) Ltd (The Sea Angel) [2007] EWCA Civ 547, [2007] 2 Lloyd s Rep 517 (n.d.). FA Tamplin Steamship Co Ltd v Anglo Mexican Petroleum Products Co Ltd [1916] 2 AC 397 (n.d.). Giumelli v Giumelli [1999] HCA 10, (1999) 196 CLR 101 (n.d.). Great Britain. Law Revision Committee. Law Revision Committee Sixth Interim Report: Statute of Frauds and the Doctrine of Consideration (HMSO, London, 1937). Vol. Cmd. (Great Britain. Parliament). London: H.M.S.O., H R & S Sainsbury Ltd v Street [1972] 1 WLR 834 (n.d.). Harris, Ogus and Phillips "Contract Remedies and the Consumer Surplus (1979) 95 LQR 581., Hirji Mulji v Cheong Yue Steamship Co Ltd [1926] AC 497 (HL) (n.d.). Hogg, Martin. Martin Hogg Promises and Contract Law: Comparative Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011), Holdsworth, W. W S Holdsworth The Modern History of the Doctrine of Consideration (1923) 57 ALR 706. American Law Review 57, no. 5 (1923): &id=710. Horlock v Beal [1916] 1 AC 486 (HL) (n.d.). Howell v Coupland (1876) 1 QBD 258 (n.d.). J Lauritzen AS v Wijsmuller BV (The Super Servant Two) [1990] 1 Lloyd s Rep 1 (n.d.). 2/5

3 Joseph Line Constantine SS Line Ltd v Imperial Smelting Corp Ltd [1942] AC 154 (HL) (n.d.). K O Shatwell The Doctrine of Consideration in the Modern Law (1954) 3 SLR 289, n.d. =317. Ken Handley "Further Thoughts on Proprietary Estoppel (2010) 84 ALJ 239. ALJ, afcff911e08eefa443f89988a0&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&isTocNav=tr ue&startchunk=1&endchunk=1. Krell v Henry [1903] 2 KB 740 (CA) (n.d.). Lord Neuberger "Thoughts on the Law of Equitable Estoppel (2010) 84ALJ 225. ALJ, a3ccff911e08eefa443f89988a0&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&isTocNav=t rue&startchunk=1&endchunk=1. MARCUS ROBERTS [1] Lecturer in Law, The University of Auckland. Marcus Roberts Contractual Damages and the Supreme Court - Altimarloch and the Shifting Sands of Reasonableness" (2013) 19 NZBLQ 11. NZBLQ 19 (2016) b0b611e28085de5d98fda335&tocDs=AUNZ_NZ_JOURNALS_TOC&isTocNav =true&startchunk=1&endchunk=1. Marlborough District Council v Altimarloch Joint Venture Ltd [2012] NZSC 11, [2012] 2 NZLR 726, 90 New Zealand Law Reports (2012). McElroy, Roy Granville. Roy Granville McElroy and Glanville L Williams Impossibility of Performance (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1941), Metropolitan Water Board v Dick, Kerr & Co Ltd [1918] AC 119 (HL) (n.d.). Mindy Chen-Wishart "Consideration for Variation Contracts [2014] NZLJ 67. New Zealand Law Journal 2 (2014). 5BPH-MV91-F093-R19G&csi=306008&oc=00240&perma=true. National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd [1981] AC 675 (HL) (n.d.). NIXON FONG [1] Solicitor, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Auckland. Nixon Fong "Planet Kids v Auckland Council: A Comment on the Multi-Factorial Approach (2015) 21 NZBLQ 3. NZBLQ 21 (2016). e510f5911e5960feb5a5b726e12&tocds=aunz_nz_journals_toc&istocnav=t rue&startchunk=1&endchunk=1. Peevyhouse v Garland Coal and Mining Co 382 P 2d 109 (Okl 1962) (n.d.). Planet Kids Ltd v Auckland Council [2013] NZSC 147, [2014] 1 NZLR 149, 145 New Zealand Law Reports (2014). 3/5

4 Plimmer v The Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington (1884) 9 App Cas 699 (PC) (n.d.). Poussard v Spiers (1876) LR 1 QBD 410 (n.d.). Radford v De Froberville [1977] 1 WLR 1262 (Ch) (n.d.). Ramsden v Dyson (1866) LR 1 HL 129 (n.d.). Roberts, Marcus. Marcus Roberts "Equitable Estoppel in New Zealand: Wilson Parking New Zealand Ltd v Fanshawe 136 Ltd (2015) 26 KLJ 1., n.d.. Marcus Roberts "Teat v Willcocks: Consideration and Variation Contracts Revisited (2014) 20 NZBLQ 79, n.d. 4a e4bb6fec5fe3bc7087&tocDs=AUNZ_NZ_JOURNALS_TOC&isTocNav= true&startchunk=1&endchunk=1.. Planet Kids: The Resurrection of the Failure of Consideration Approach to Frustration? New Zealand Universities Law Review, E650FDDB682AC FEEDC8BD?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&a mp;doc=dedupmrg &indx=1&recids=dedupmrg &reci dxs=0&elementid=0&rendermode=poppedout&displaymode=full&frb rversion=&?dscnt=1&query=any%2ccontains%2cnew+zealand+universities+l aw+review&dscnt=0&search_scope=combined_local&scp.scps=scope%3 A%28Standard_record%29%2Cscope%3A%28Combined_record%29&vid=UOA2_A&a mp;highlight=true&bulksize=10&institution=uoa&tab=search_library&am p;vl( ui0)=any&displayfield=title&displayfield=creator&dym=tru e =eng&vl(freetext0)=new%20zealand%20universities%20law%20review&from Login=true&group=GUEST&dstmp= Ruxley Electronics and Construction ltd v Forsyth [1996] 1 AC 344 (HL) (n.d.). Scanlan s New Neon Ltd v Tooheys Ltd (1943) 67 CLR 169, CLR (2016). Sidhu v Van Dyke [2014] HCA 19, [2014] 251 CLR 505 (n.d.). Taylors Fashions Ltd v Liverpool Victoria Trustees Co Ltd [1982] QB 133 (Ch) (n.d.). Teat v Willcocks [2014] 3 NZLR 129, 224 New Zealand Law Reports (2014). Thorner v Major [2009] UKHL 18, [2009] 1 WLR 776 (n.d.). Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 (Mason CJ/Wilson J and Deane J) (n.d.). Williams v Roffey Bros Ltd [1991] 1 QB 1 (n.d.). Wilson Parking New Zealand Ltd v Fanshawe 136 Ltd [2014] NZCA 407, [2014] 3 NZLR 567, 196 New Zealand Law Reports (2014). 4/5

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