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The latest issue of the\u00c2\u00a0Australian Law Journal<\/em> (Volume\u00c2\u00a088 Part 12) contains the following material:<\/p>\n CURRENT ISSUES<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editor: Acting Justice Peter W Young AO<\/b><\/p>\n CONVEYANCING AND PROPERTY<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editor: Peter Butt<\/b><\/p>\n FAMILY LAW<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editor: Anthony Dickey QC<\/b><\/p>\n ENVIRONMENTAL LAW<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editor: Justice Rachel Pepper<\/b><\/p>\n PERSONALIA<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editor: Clare Langford<\/b><\/p>\n Commonwealth<\/b><\/p>\n Queensland<\/b><\/p>\n Victoria<\/b><\/p>\n ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editor: Dr Damien J Cremean<\/b><\/p>\n OVERSEAS LAW<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editor: Colin Picker<\/b><\/p>\n HUMAN RIGHTS<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editor: Simon Rice<\/b><\/p>\n ADMINISTRATIVE LAW<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editor: Justice Melissa Perry<\/b><\/p>\n RECENT CASES<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Editor: Acting Justice Peter W Young AO<\/b><\/p>\n The defaulting executor<\/i><\/b><\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c <\/b>Hon Peter W Young AO QC<\/p>\n An executor who fails to do his or her duty in a proper and timely manner is a nuisance to everyone. This article, which is the text of a speech given to a seminar held by the Law Society of South Australia in November 2013, highlights the problems, and notes how solicitors and the judiciary might deal with them.<\/p>\n To purchase this article, complete the Individual Article Sale<\/a> order form and email it to tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com<\/a>. <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Equity\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s obligation to perform: Efficient breach and the inadequacy of common law damages<\/i><\/b><\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c <\/b>Samuel Kang and James Nguyen<\/p>\n The theory of efficient breach holds that a promisor is free to breach a contract provided the promisor pays damages. This consequentialist approach to contract law ignores or downplays the availability of equitable remedies including specific performance, injunction and account of profits. This article explores equity\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s role in the operation of the common law of Australia and the United States in providing contracting parties with recourse to compel performance where a counterparty seeks to breach. While all equitable remedies are discretionary, in a wide range of circumstances, these remedies amount to an obligation to perform in direct contradiction to the theory of efficient breach.<\/p>\n To purchase this article, complete the Individual Article Sale<\/a> order form and email it to tlranz.journal.orders@thomsonreuters.com<\/a>. <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Answers to Quiz<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n For the pdf version of the table of contents, click here: WAU – ALJ Vol 88 Pt 12 Contents<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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