Paolucci v Makedyn Pty Ltd

• 1. Equity
  2. › Specific performance
  3. › Nature and availability of remedy
  4. › Distinction between specific performance in strict sense and orders requiring performance of contractual term
  5. › Whether historic breach cured before proceedings warranted equitable relief
  6. › Whether plaintiff established it was not just to be confined to damages
• 1. Equity
  2. › Specific performance
  3. › Lord Cairns' Act damages
  4. › Precondition to discretionary power
  5. › Whether court had power to grant specific performance or injunction
  6. › Whether damages available in substitution where no basis for equitable relief
  7. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 68
• 1. Contract
  2. › Construction
  3. › Ambiguous definition
  4. › Whether 'Duplex' defined as dwelling of no less than 241.54m² or each residence of no less than 241.54m²
  5. › Grammatical construction of qualifying phrase
• 1. Contract
  2. › Limitation of liability clause
  3. › Whether deliberate or wilful breach renders clause inapplicable
  4. › Whether allegation of deliberate breach required to be pleaded

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