Capital Letter: Planet Kids awarded $400K as Supreme Court rules contract for compensation over roadworks is enforceable
Penny Pepperell of Capital Letter Tue, 21 Jan 2014
“The doctrine of frustration [of contract] was developed to mitigate the effects of the doctrine of absolute contracts, under which a party who had bound him or herself by contract could not escape liability for damages on the basis that performance had become impossible or futile," Justice