Douglas v Mikhael

• 1. Contract
  2. › Formation
  3. › Oral contract
  4. › Proof of oral agreement
  5. › Whether evidence of conversation alleged to have occurred in 1999 was plausible
  6. › Whether primary judge erred in considering surrounding circumstances to determine existence of contract
• 1. Evidence
  2. › Witness evidence
  3. › Affidavits
  4. › Identical paragraphs in affidavits of two witnesses
  5. › Whether primary judge erred in rejecting evidence of witness
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Procedural fairness
  3. › Apprehended bias
  4. › Whether primary judge's interjections during witness examination amounted to denial of procedural fairness or gave rise to reasonable apprehension of bias
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Amendment of grounds of appeal
  3. › Adjournment of hearing
  4. › Whether leave to amend should be granted where no satisfactory explanation for delay
  5. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 51.29, 51.36

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