Tran v Hoang
Court of Appeal
Kyrou, Sifris and Macaulay JJA
13/09/2022
[2022] VSCA 194
Contract — Construction — Agreement by deed that party ‘shall expressly and irrevocably gift’ a fixed sum — Whether failure to pay sum gave rise to an actionable debt — Whether agreement was an incomplete gift — Whether damages for breach of contract awardable in absence of evidence of loss
Costs — Trustee basis — Respondent was executor of promisor’s deceased estate and succeeded at first instance — Whether award of costs on the trustee basis appropriate
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