Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Bowen Investments Pty Ltd

[2009] HCA 8
Judgment date
Case number
M63/2008
Before
French CJ, Gummow, Heydon, Crennan, Kiefel JJ
Catchwords

Contract – Damages - Lease - Tenant's covenant - Covenant not to make any substantial alteration to premises without consent - Appropriate measure of damages for tenant's breach.

Contract – Damages - Lease - Principle in Robinson v Harman (1848) 1 Ex 850 [154 ER 363] - Whether costs of rectification available - Whether rectification must be reasonable - Relevance of commercial character of premises - Whether landlord entitled only to damages for diminution in value of reversion.

Words and phrases – "costs of repair", "rectification costs".

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