CONTRACTS – formation – where applicant and second respondent were parties to a Distributor Agreement – where closure of the second respondent announced – where applicant and first respondent executed a Branded Product Distribution Agreement – where applicant alleged that applicant and first respondent made an alternative agreement or that such agreement could be inferred from conduct – alternative agreement not established
CONTRACTS – whether the Branded Product Distribution Agreement was entered into by reason of economic duress – economic duress not established CONTRACTS – interpretation – whether the Distributor Agreement was a perpetual agreement
CONSUMER LAW – whether the respondents engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct or made misrepresentations – whether the respondents engaged in unconscionable conduct – whether the applicant is entitled to loss and damage – application dismissed
Recent cases about contract law
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Torc Solutions PL v Unex Corporation [2025] FCA 1124
CONTRACTS – formation – where applicant and second respondent were parties to a Distributor Agreement – where closure of the second respondent announced – where applicant and first respondent executed a Branded Product Distribution Agreement – where applicant alleged that applicant and first respondent made an alternative agreement or that such agreement could be inferred…
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Moroney v TM Insight Operations Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 1337
CONTRACTS – restraint of trade – where restraints in shareholders agreement and employment agreement contain cascading provisions in relation to restraint duration and restraint area – whether restraints are void for uncertainty – whether restraints are reasonably necessary to protect legitimate interests of first and fifth respondents – HELD: restraints valid to an extent
