MLP219 Contract B — Complete Exam Study Guide

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A complete, exam-focused study guide for MLP219 Contract B, covering the whole unit in 14 chapters (211 pages). It is written as a synthesised legal text organised around how problem questions are actually answered, not as lecture notes. WHAT EACH OF THE 12 TOPIC CHAPTERS GIVES YOU • Key definitions and the legal framework, with the key provisions or judicial tests quoted word for word • A key-cases table plus case summaries set out as Facts / Issue / Held / Why it matters • Clear analysis of each doctrine, with judicial quotations and a Critical Perspectives table for policy questions • A step-by-step answer framework, with original diagrams (decision trees, element ladders, comparison charts) through the chapter • A Common Fact Patterns table for spotting issues fast • Worked scenarios with model analysis, plus a multi-issue problem showing how the topic combines with others in one answer • Exam tips and traps, a quick-reference card, and a Rule Statement Bank: exam-ready one-sentence rules with their citations, in answer order BY THE NUMBERS • 14 chapters · 211 pages · about 100,000 words • 145 rule statements · 50 case summaries · 36 worked scenarios (12 multi-issue problems) • 39 original diagrams · about 400 cases · 1,246 AGLC4 footnotes UP TO DATE (LAW AS AT 19 SEPTEMBER 2026) • Unfair contract terms: penalties for contracts made, renewed or varied from 9 November 2023, and the current small-business thresholds • Statutory unconscionable conduct after Productivity Partners (2024), including the $100 million penalty cap for conduct from 28 March 2026 • Misleading or deceptive conduct after Bed Bath 'N' Table (2025) • Damages after Cessnock (2024) and Elisha (2024); restitution after termination under Mann v Paterson (2019) • The enacted (not yet commenced) unfair trading practices prohibition and the non-compete exposure draft, stated accurately • Victorian frustrated-contracts adjustment under the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (Vic) pt CHAPTERS (plus a method chapter up front and a revision chapter at the end) T00 The Contract B Method: Issue-Spotting and Answer Frameworks T01 Vitiation, Rescission and Duress T02 Undue Influence and Unconscionable Dealing in Equity T03 Statutory Unconscionable Conduct and Unfair Contract Terms T04 Misrepresentation at Common Law and in Equity T05 Misleading or Deceptive Conduct under the ACL T06 Mistake T07 Illegality, Public Policy and Restraint of Trade T08 Performance, Time and Termination by Agreement T09 Termination for Breach and Repudiation T10 Frustration T11 Damages for Breach of Contract T12 Agreed Damages, Debt and Equitable Remedies T13 Revision and Cross-Topic Synthesis