Posted: April 27th, 2015

the doctrine of promissory estoppel is necessary to prevent unjust outcomes that may result from strict application of common law. Australia courts,however, have expanded the doctrine to the point where consideration is no longer relevant.

Please read the following instructions carefully and ensure that you follow all instructions below.
1. this is an individual research assignment- under no circumstances are students permitted to work together on the assignment. students must use texts, scholarly articles and reputable online resources for their research, and these items, together with relevant cases and legislation, should be referred to in the assignment.
2. the assignment must be submitted in both hard copy and electronically via the assignment Turnitin link.
3. the assignment must include footnotes, a bibliography. students are required to adhere to the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC) for footnotes, references and bibliography and must not employ an alternative method (e.g. the Harvard method)
4. students are expected to conduct research outside of the prescribed course materials and to use reputable academic sources. A minimum of 6 sources is expected. Be very careful if using Internet sources, as many of these are not of academic standard.
5. whilst there is no prescribed number of footnotes required, students are advised that at least 20 is desirable.
6. Please use the textbook named “Cases and Materials on Contract Law in Australia, 6th edition. JW Carter
7. the Case ” Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Macher should be used in this assginment.