The Law Handbook 2024

Index 1201 consumer leases 444–5 content requirements 444 disclosure requirements 445 National Credit Code 444 periodic statements 445 ‘rent to buy’ agreement 445, 449 repossession of leased goods 445 residential see tenancy responsible lending obligations 445 termination 445 unjust 445 variations 445 contaminated land see pollution and waste contest mention hearing 85, 214, 217 contra proferentem rule 960 contract acceptance of offer 674 agreed damages clause 685 agreement to terminate 686 bankrupts 677 breach see breach of contract building contracts see building contracts capacity 675–7, 787, 788 children 352, 676–7 binding contracts 676 defence to debt claim 352 necessaries 676 non-binding contracts 676–7 cognitive impairment, person with 788 collateral contract 684 conditions 684 consent 677–81 consideration 675 construction 682–4 consumer contract breach see breach of contract disputes see consumer disputes implied guarantees see consumer guarantees corporations 677 credit see credit contracts crime, to commit 681 definition 674 disputes see consumer disputes duress 677, 680 elements of 674–9 consent 677–81 consideration 675 intention to create legal relations 675 legal capacity 675–7 offer and acceptance 674–5 employment contracts see employment ending 686–7 exclusion clauses 684–5, 690 express terms 682 fraud, to commit 671 fraudulent misrepresentation 679 frustration 686 illegal 681–2 impossibility of performance 686–7 innocent misrepresentation 680 insurance see insurance contracts intellectual disability, person with 788 intention to create legal relations 675 interpretation of terms 683 legally binding agreement 674 liquidated damages clause 685 Magistrates’ Court jurisdiction 17 marriage, prejudicial to status of 681 mental impairment 676, 787 minors 352, 676–7 misleading conduct 677, 678–9 misrepresentation 677, 678–50, 690 mistake 677–8 negligent misrepresentation 679 off-business-premises sales 697–700 offer and acceptance 674–5 ousting jurisdiction of court 681 penalty provisions 685, 719 performance 686 impossibility of 686–7 pre-contractual statements 682–3 credit contracts 429 prisoners 677 remedies for breach see breach of contract rescission of contract 717, 722 restraint of trade 681 sale of house 556, 557 cooling-off period 556 vendor terms contract 423, 448–9, 548 severance of illegal term 682 signing 683 specific performance 686, 718, 728 standard form 685, 720 unfair terms 681, 694–7 telemarketing agreement 700 termination 686–7 agreement 686 breach, for 686, 687 contingent condition not fulfilled 686 frustration 686–7 terms 682–5 conditions or warranties 684 construction 682 consumer guarantees see consumer guarantees excluding or limiting liability 684–5 express 682 implied/inferred 682, 683 incorporation of actual terms 682 intention of parties 682, 684 interpretation 683 penalty provisions 685, 719 pre-contractual statements 682–3 signed document 683 unfair see unfair contract terms unsigned document 683 tort, to commit 681 unconscionable conduct 677, 681, 690–4 undue influence 677, 681–2 unfair terms see unfair contract terms unsigned document 683 unsolicited consumer agreement 697–8 validity 674 vendor terms contract 423, 448–9, 548 sale of land 423, 448–9, 548 void 681–2 voidable 680, 681 warranties 684, 704 consumer contracts see consumer guarantees recreational services 720 what is 674 writing, need for 674 contributory negligence 930 work injury 949 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Ombudsman as National Preventive Mechanism Coordinator 1084 Optional Protocol (OPCAT) 224 prisoners’ rights 223–4 conveyancing see houses – buying or selling conviction adjournment with 34, 144 adjournment without 32, 34, 144, 240 avoiding 240 community corrections order without 32, 33, 240 criminal record see criminal record drug offence, avoiding 132 fine without 32, 33, 240 forensic sample taken after 190 guilty without 240 jury service disqualification 24 non-conviction orders 31–2 non-payment of fine 103 prior, read out in court 84 spent convictions see spent convictions cooling off period building contract 568 house sale 556 auctions, not applicable to 556 insurance contract 953 motor vehicle sale 636–7 cancelling contract within 637, 645 off-trade-premises sale 636 sale of trade-in vehicle during 636 off-business-premises sale 636, 697–9 telemarketing sale 700 unsolicited consumer sales 697–700 disclosure 698 co-operatives 616–17 Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals 617 Co-operatives National Law 616 distributing/non-distributing 616 financial reporting 616 large 617 registration 616 small 616–17 tax concessions 618–20 copyright 752–67 adaptation right 758 agencies 762 anonymous works 756 artistic works 753, 756, 758 assignment 755 building contract requiring 568 authorship of works 754 Berne Convention 766 broadcasts 753, 755, 756, 759 buildings 753, 764 commercial arrangement, right to enter 758, 759 communication right 758, 759 computer programs 733, 752, 763 commercial rental arrangements 759 permitted reproduction 763 temporary reproduction 763 contacts 766–7 copies, right to make 758 copying own work 764