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* If a claim on another basis can be made other than that of negligence, then it covers that basis instead. | * If a claim on another basis can be made other than that of negligence, then it covers that basis instead. | ||
====Contra proferentem in Australian contract law | ====Contra proferentem in Australian contract law=== | ||
In [[Australia]], the ''four corners rule'' has been adopted in preference over the idea of a "fundamental breach".<ref name="Sydney City Council v West">{{cite AustLII|HCA|68|1965|litigants=Sydney City Council v West (Ticket case) |parallelcite=(1965) 114 [[Commonwealth Law Reports|CLR]] 481 |courtname=auto |date=16 December 1965}}.</ref> The court will presume that parties to a contract will not exclude liability for losses arising from acts not authorised under the contract. However, if acts of negligence occur during authorised acts, then the exclusion clauses shall still apply;<ref>{{cite AustLII|HCA|44|1954|litigants=Davis v Pearce Parking Station Pty Ltd}}: Clear words are necessary to exclude liability for negligence.</ref><ref name="TNT v May & Barker">{{cite AustLII|HCA|46|1966|litigants=Thomas National Transport (Melbourne) Pty Ltd v May & Baker (Australia) Pty Ltd |parallelcite=(1966) 115 [[Commonwealth Law Reports|CLR]] 353 |courtname=auto |date=10 August 1966}}.</ref> | In [[Australia]], the ''four corners rule'' has been adopted in preference over the idea of a "fundamental breach".<ref name="Sydney City Council v West">{{cite AustLII|HCA|68|1965|litigants=Sydney City Council v West (Ticket case) |parallelcite=(1965) 114 [[Commonwealth Law Reports|CLR]] 481 |courtname=auto |date=16 December 1965}}.</ref> The court will presume that parties to a contract will not exclude liability for losses arising from acts not authorised under the contract. However, if acts of negligence occur during authorised acts, then the exclusion clauses shall still apply;<ref>{{cite AustLII|HCA|44|1954|litigants=Davis v Pearce Parking Station Pty Ltd}}: Clear words are necessary to exclude liability for negligence.</ref><ref name="TNT v May & Barker">{{cite AustLII|HCA|46|1966|litigants=Thomas National Transport (Melbourne) Pty Ltd v May & Baker (Australia) Pty Ltd |parallelcite=(1966) 115 [[Commonwealth Law Reports|CLR]] 353 |courtname=auto |date=10 August 1966}}.</ref> | ||