HD LLAWS1015 / LAWS5002 Contract Law: Summaries, Scaffolds, Exam Notes

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Each page takes you from the facts in the question to the rule you apply, the authority with pinpoint, and the words to write. It covers the second half of the Contracts course: remedies and the vitiating factors. What’s inside: Router (CON·0): match the facts in the question to the right page and the Act to have open. CON·1 Damages (1): causation and remoteness (CLA ss 5A, 5D) CON·2 Damages (2): the measure: expectation, reliance, and disappointment and distress (CLA ss 11A, 16) CON·3 Damages (3): mitigation and damages on termination CON·4 Debt, agreed sums and penalties CON·5 Undue influence; guarantees by wives (Garcia) CON·6 Unconscionable dealing in equity CON·7 Statutory unfairness (Contracts Review Act; ACL ss 20–24, unfair terms) CON·8 Duress, including the unsettled law on lawful act duress CON·9 Mistake, rectification and non est factum CON·10 Misrepresentation at common law and in equity CON·11 Misleading or deceptive conduct (ACL ss 4, 18, 236, 237, 243; proportionate liability) CON·12 Cases in the exam: the 13 leading reading-list cases, each with its holding and pinpoint Every topic page has two faces Front: a facts → rule → what I do table, with the authority for each row (case, bench, paragraph pin and key facts). Back: a yes/no decision chart, five fill-in sentences for writing the answer, and a list of the common ways marks are lost.