Amoco Australia Pty. Ltd v Rocca Bros. Motor Engineering Company Pty. Ltd

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1975
Date1975
CourtPrivy Council
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42 cases
  • Lobb (Alec) (Garages) Ltd v Total Oil (Great Britain) Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 8 November 1984
    ..."of course the quantum of consideration may enter into the question of the reasonableness of the contract". Moreover in Amoco Australia Pty v. Rocca Brothers Ltd. (1975) AC 561, Lord Cross commented at page 579 that the fact that a covenantor had obtained and would continue to enjoy benefi......
  • Chuan Hong Auto (Pte) Ltd v Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 22 January 1996
    ... ... under him hereby covenants with the company as follows: ... (c) That the landlord ... the SSO licence and the Resellers` Bulk Motor Fuels (RBMF) agreement in 1970. Ong Beh Huat ... rely on the principle stated in Amoco Australia Pty Ltd v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering ... ...
  • Adamson v New South Wales Rugby League Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
  • Adamson v New South Wales Rugby League Ltd
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
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3 books & journal articles
  • Enforceability of the Burden of a Freehold Covenant
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Restrictions on the Use of Land Part IV. Restrictive covenants (freehold land)
    • 30 August 2016
    ...in Cleveland Petroleum Co Ltd v Dartstone Ltd [1969] 1 WLR 116 and Amoco Australia Pty Ltd v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering Co Pty Ltd [1975] AC 561. In Alec Lobb (Garages) Ltd v Total Oil Great Britain Ltd [1985] 1 WLR 173, CA, it was held that although the doctrine against unreasonable rest......
  • Illegality
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Contracts. Third Edition Vitiating Factors
    • 4 August 2020
    ...to the advancing of credit. This provision was included in the Criminal 310 Amoco Australia Pty v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering Co , [1975] AC 561 (PC). 311 See, for example, Bennett v Bennett , [1952] 1 KB 249 (CA) (separation agreement in which the consideration f‌lowing from the wife was ......
  • VITIATING FACTORS IN CONTRACT LAW — SOME KEY CONCEPTS AND DEVELOPMENTS
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2005, December 2005
    • 1 December 2005
    ...1 WLR 173. Reference may also be made to the Privy Council decision of Amoco Australia Pty Ltd v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering Co Pty Ltd[1975] AC 561. 396 Supra n 395, at 178. 397 See Phang, supra n 1, at 77—83. 398 See the preceding note. 399 [1994] 1 AC 340 (“Tinsley”). See also Bowmakers......

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