LAW EXTENSION COMMITTEE
WINTER SESSION 2008
04 CONTRACTS LECTURE PROGRAM – VENUES UPDATED 19 MAY 2008
The first of 15 lectures will be held on Thursday 15 May 2008.
Lectures will be held on some Mondays and Thursdays during each week of the session as
set out on the next page. All lectures will be for 3 hours and will start at 6.00 pm.
Please note that the venues have been updated since they were published in the
Course Information Handbook and Contracts Subject Guide. The new venues for the
lectures are set out in the lecture program below. Lectures will be held on the main
campus in the Carslaw Lecture Room (CLR), Carslaw Tutorial Room (CTR) and Eastern
Avenue Seminar Room (EASR) as per the program below.
WEEK
1
DATE
Thurs
15 May
ROOM
ChLT 3
LECTURE
1
(p. 7)*
TOPIC
Introduction
KEY CASES
2
Mon
19 May
CLR 350
2
(p. 8)
Fact of Agreement
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co
Stevenson, Jacques & Co v McLean
2
Thurs
22 May
EASR 405
3
(p. 9)
Consideration;
Intention
Create Legal Relations
to
Williams v Roffey Bros
Ermogenous v Greek Orthodox
Community of SA Inc
3
Mon
26 May
CLR 350
4
(p. 10)
Certainty;
Requirement
Writing; Capacity
of
Booker Industries v Wilson Carparking
Masters v Cameron
3
Thurs
29 May
EASR 405
5
(p. 11)
Express Terms
Oscar Chess v Williams
Toll (FCGT) v Alphapharm
4
Thurs
5 June
EASR 405
6
(p. 12)
Codelfa Construction v SRA
Darlington Futures v Delco Australia
6
Thurs
19 June
CLR 351
7
(p. 13)
Implied Terms; Construction of
Terms; Construction of Exclusion
Clauses
Misrepresentation; Mistake
7
Mon
23 June
CLR 351
8
(p. 14)
Duress;
Unconscionability;
Undue Influence
7
Thurs
26 June
CLR 351
9
(p. 15)
Discharge
by
Performance;
Discharge
by
Agreement;
Discharge by Breach
Edgington v Fitzmaurice
McRae v Commonwealth Disposals
Commission
Crescendo Management v Westpac
Amadio v CBA
Hoenig v Isaacs
McDermott v Black
STUDY BREAK: Saturday 28 June to Sunday 13 July 2008
Mon
14 July
CLR 350
8
10
(p. 16)
Discharge by Frustration;
Illegality
CTR 360
11
(p. 17)
Damages
8
Thurs
17 July
9
Thurs
24 July
CTR 360
12
(p. 18)
Actions for a Fixed Sum and
Debt; Specific Performance;
Injunction
Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre v Selfridge
Co-operative Insurance Society v Argyll
Stores
10
Thurs
31 July
CTR 360
13
(p. 19)
Rectification;
Equitable Estoppel
Coastal Estates v Melevende
Waltons Stores (Interstate) v Maher
11
Thurs
7 August
CTR 360
14
(p. 20)
Torts; Restitution; Misleading or
Deceptive Conduct; Statutory
Unconscionability
Derry v Peek
Pavey & Mathews v Paul
West v AGC (Advances)
12
Thurs
14 August
CTR 360
15
(p. 21)
Privity of Contract
Trident General Insurance v McNiece
NZ Shipping Co v AM Satterthwaite
Rescission;
Codelfa Constructions v SRA
Yango Pastoral v First Chicago Australia
Amoco Australia v Rocca Bros
Commonwealth v Amann Aviation
Victoria Laundry v Newman Industries