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"The Equitable Approach to Mistakes in Contract"    

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date †	Full Text		Citation Index
McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission	[1951] HCA 79; (1951) 84 CLR 377; [1951] ALR 771; (1951) 25 ALJR 425	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	27 Aug 1951	AustLII
[1951] AC Z5i	[1951] AC Z5I		United Kingdom	circa 1951	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Leaf v International Galleries	[1950] 2 KB 86; [1950] 1 All ER 693		United Kingdom	circa 1950	LexisNexis / Westlaw
(1950) 66 Law Quarterly Review 169	(1950) 66 Law Quarterly Review 169	Law Quarterly Review	United Kingdom	circa 1950	Westlaw
"General Theory of Mistake in the Formation of Contract"	(1948) 11 Modern Law Review 257	Modern Law Review	United Kingdom	circa 1948	HeinOnline
Bell v Lever Brothers Ltd	[1931] UKHL 2; [1932] AC 161; [1931] All ER 1; 4 WN 165	House of Lords	United Kingdom	15 Dec 1931	BAILII
(1880) 15 Ch D 21s	(1880) 15 Ch D 21S	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1880	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Cundy v Lindsay	(1878) 3 AC 459		United Kingdom	circa 1878	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Rogers v Ingham	[1876] UKLawRpCh 257; 3 Ch D 351		United Kingdom	18 Jul 1876	CommonLII
Right Hon Frederick Earl Beauchamp v Charles Winn	[1873] UKLawRpHL 8; (1873) LR 6 HL 223; 22 WR 193		United Kingdom	15 May 1873	CommonLII
Leaf 'v International Galleries 7 3 The contract is void at common law but will not be rescinded in equity, e g where the plaintiff has not "clean hands" The fourth proposition- 4 The contract is void at common law and will be rescinded in equity- is, it is submitted, pos~ible in principle, but in practice it is not easy to imagine how it could arise In proposition (I) we can substitute "but specific performance will be refused"; in (2) we can substitute "and specific performance will be decreed"; in (4) we can substitute "and specific performance will be refused" Examples are unnecessary The only substitution which is impossible is in (3) A decree of specific performance necessarily depends on the validity of the contract at law S fl9501	1 KB 671		United Kingdom	circa 1867	LexisNexis / Westlaw
Cochrane v Willis	[1865] UKLawRpCh 4; (1865-1866) LR 1 LRCh App 58		United Kingdom	7 Nov 1865	CommonLII
(1865) 34 Beav 6ii	(1865) 34 Beav 6II	Rolls Court	United Kingdom	circa 1865
Malins v Freeman	[1837] EngR 382; 2 Keen 25; 48 ER 537; 44 ITR 178		United Kingdom	circa 1837	CommonLII
Ramsden v Hylton	[1751] EngR 60; 28 ER 196; (1751) 2 Ves Sen 304	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1751	CommonLII
Cocking v Pratt	[1749] EngR 39; (1750) 1 Ves Sen 400; 27 ER 1105	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1750	CommonLII
(1748) 1 Ves Sen 1Z6	(1748) 1 Ves Sen 1Z6	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom	circa 1748
Jac and W	205 Mos 364	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom
13 Belts Supp 79	13 Belts Supp 79	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom
11 Mos 364	11 Mos 364	Court of Chancery	United Kingdom