Contract - General contractual principles - Construction and interpretation of contracts - Implied terms - Other cases - Business efficacy - Acceptance of offer of compromise in settlement of action by worker against employer for damages for personal injuries - Whether implied term of compromise that worker's right to workers' compensation extinguished.
Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 (Tas), O24A.
BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266; Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales [1982] HCA 24; (1982) 149 CLR 337, applied.
Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd [1995] HCA 24; (1995) 185 CLR 410; Breen v Williams (1996) 186 CLR 71, considered.
Case Details
Citation[2001] TASSC 137
CourtTASSC
JurisdictionTasmania
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