Frustration: contracts discharged for failure of a basic contractual assumption

Amalgamated Investment & Property Co v John Walker [1976] 3 All ER 509
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Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council [1956] AC 696, 728 (Lord Radcliffe)
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/1956/3.html

Graves v Graves [2007] EWCA Civ 660 [38]–[41] (Thomas LJ)
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2007/660.html

Tsakiroglou & Co Ltd v Noblee Thorl GmbH [1962] AC 93, HL
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Paradine v Jane (1647) Aleyn 26, KB
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/KB/1647/J5.html

McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1951) 84 CLR 377
https://jade.barnet.com.au/Jade.html#article=188288

J Lauritzen AS v Wijsmuller BV (The Super Servant Two) [1990] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 1, CA
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1989/6.html

Metropolitan Water Board v Dick Kerr and Co Ltd [1918] AC 119, HL
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/1917/2.html

Taylor v Caldwell (1863) 3 B & S 826, QB
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Cutter v Powell (1795) 6 TR 320
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Jackson v Union Marine Insurance Co Ltd (1874) LR 10 CP 125, Exchequer Chamber
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Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd (The Nema) [1982] AC 724, 752, HL (Lord Roskill)
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Edwinton Commercial Corp v Tsavliris Russ (Worldwide Salvage & Towage) Ltd (The Sea Angel) [2007] EWCA Civ 547, [2007] 2 All ER (Comm) 634
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2007/547.html

Shepherd FC & Co Ltd v Jerrom [1986] 3 All ER 589, CA
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Morgan v Manser [1948] 1 KB 184, 195 (Streatfeild J)
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Krell v Henry [1903] 2 KB 740, CA
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Herne Bay Steam Boat Co v Hutton [1903] 2 KB 683
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Blackburn Bobbin Co Ltd v TW Allen & Sons Ltd [1918] 2 KB 467
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CTI Group Inc v Transclear SA (The Mary Nour) [2008] EWCA Civ 856, [2009] 2 All ER (Comm) 25
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2008/856.html

Cricklewood Property and Investment Trust Ltd v Leighton’s Investment Trust Ltd [1945] AC 221
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National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd [1981] AC 675
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/1980/8.html

The Eugenia [1964] 2 QB 226, CA
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Maritime National Fish Ltd v Ocean Trawlers Ltd [1935] AC 524, PC
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/1935/1935_20.html

Joseph Constantine Steamship Line Ltd v Imperial Smelting Corp Ltd [1942] AC 154, HL
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Chandler v Webster [1904] 1 KB 493
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Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd [1943] AC 32
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/1942/4.html

Gamerco SA v ICM/Fair Warning (Agency) Ltd [1995] 1 WLR 1226
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BP Exploration Co Libya v Hunt (No 2) [1979] 1 WLR 783
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Cobbe v Yeoman’s Row Management Ltd [2008] UKHL 55, [2008] 1 WLR 1752 [41].
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2008/55.html

Appleby v Myers (1867) LR 2 CP 651
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Canary Wharf (BP4) T1 Ltd v European Medicines Agency [2019] EWHC 335 (Ch)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2019/335.html

Classic Maritime Inc v Limbungan Makmur Sdn Bhd [2019] EWCA Civ 1102, [2019] 4 All ER 1145

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2019/1102.html

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