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Is Kati And Eastfield Shopping Centre Breach The Contract?

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Introduction 1. Can Kati retrieve loss? To determine whether Kati can cover her loss, which include $30000 to repair the car, 6 months cannot use it and probably emotional loss, are depends on whether Eastfield shopping Centre breach the contract, whether the exclusionary effective. In addition, the less likely to get damage could argue causation, remoteness and mitigation. Moreover, considering effective of clause on the ticket determines that Kati probably does not need to pay further fee. 1) Is there a contract? To judge whether there is a contract, it is all depends on whether Kati and Eastfield shopping Centre accept offer. Angus is the employee of Eastfield shopping Centre, therefore, she represents the shopping Centre. When Angus parking Kati’s car and Kati pay the parking fee, they already accept the offer by action, even there is no written documents, see Empirnall Holdings Pty Ltd v Machon Paull Partners Pty Ltd. Therefore, there is highly likely exist a contract. 2) Are Eastfield shopping Centre breach the contract? Firstly, there is no express terms, which is expressly stated or written down to breach. To retrieve Kati’s loss from the shopping Centre, she need to provide that Eastfield shopping Centre already breach the contract. In the contract law, there are two ways to implied the due care terms. Kati can apply that the due care term give business efficacy to the contract, and the contract will be no effective if without it, see BP Refinery (Westernport)

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