LPC Notes Advanced Commercial Litigation Revision notes.

LPC Notes Advanced Commercial Litigation Revision notes. Detailed working, solutions, memo, notes & explanations. Contents Logic .............................................................................................................................. 8 Express Terms – Identification (1) ............................................................................8 By Signature ................................................................................................................. 8 I – THE EFFECT OF SIGNATURE .................................................................... 8 L Estrange v F Graucob Ltd [1934] 2 KB 394‟ ....................................................8 II – EXCEPTIONS TO THE SIGNATURE RULE .......................................... 9 Curtis v Chemical Cleaning & Dyeing [1951] 1 KB 805.............................. 10 Toll (FGCT) v Alphapharm (2004) 219 CLR 165 ..............................................11 III – CRITICISM OF THE RULE...................................................................13 By Notice ................................................................................................................. 13 I – TIMING.................................................................................................................... 14 Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Company v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 . 14 II – KNOWLEDGE/NOTICE ..................................................................................16 Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking [1971] 2 QB 163 .............................................17 III – UNUSUAL TERMS .................................................................................... 19 Baltic Shipping Co v Dillon (“The Mikhail Lermontov”) (1991) 22 NSWLR 1 .......................................................................................................................... 20 By Course of Dealing ........................................................................................... 21 Rinaldi & Patroni v Precision Mouldings (1986) WAR 131 ............................22 Balmain New Ferry v Robertson (1906) 4 CLR 379 ........................................23 Express Terms – Identification (2) ...........................................................................24 Parol Evidence Rule ............................................................................................. 24 I – DETERMINING WHETHER A CONTRACT IS WHOLLY WRITTEN. 24 State Rail Authority of NSW v Heath Outdoor (1986) 7 NSWLR 170 .........25 II – EXCEPTIONS TO THE PAROL EVIDENCE RULE ..............................27 Hoyt s v Spencer (1919) 27 CLR 133‟ ............................................................. 28 Saleh v Romanous [2010] NSWCA 274 ............................................................... 29 III – PRE-CONTRACTUAL STATEMENTS .................................................... 31 Equuscorp v Glengallan Investments (2004) 218 CLR 271 ...........................33 JJ Savage & Sons v Blakney (1970) 119 CLR 435 ............................................34 Oscar Chess v Williams [1957] 1 WLR 370 .......................................................35