Guy Lewis
McCabe Curwood
Articles
The concept of reasonable time in contract law: the Court of Appeal resets the clock in Donau v ASC
Australia - July 30 2019 It is trite to say that a contract sets out various rights and obligations that the parties to it have. Generally, contracts will specify when these…
Running out of time: When do debts expire?
Australia - September 11 2018 The Limitations Act 1969 (NSW) (Limitations Act) establishes time limits within which plaintiffs must commence civil proceedings, including for the…
Disputes over the division of your remains: where do courts draw the line in the ashes?
Australia - April 19 2018 Deciding how to dispose of a person’s body after death can be an emotionally charged time for many families, whose members may have diverging views…
You can’t have your contract and eat it: electing not to terminate
Australia - July 31 2019 A party to a contract may be precluded from enforcing a contractual right if it has acted in a way that is clearly inconsistent with that right. This…
De facto partners and the law of intestacy - it’s all about the facts
Australia - October 10 2019 Last week the Supreme Court of New South Wales handed down judgment in an estate dispute where it applied the law of intestacy to a complex factual…
