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==Exceptional circumstances== | ==Exceptional circumstances== | ||
An order of specific performance is generally not granted if any of the following is true: | An order of specific performance is generally not granted if any of the following is true: | ||
where continuous supervision would be necessary | |||
* The contract was [[unconscionable]]. | * The contract was [[unconscionable]]. | ||
* Common Law damages are readily available or the detriment suffered by the claimant is easy to substitute, then damages are adequate.<ref name="Dougan v Ley">{{cite AustLII|HCA|3|1946|litigants=Dougan v Ley |parallelcite=[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1946/3.pdf (1946) 71 {{abbr|CLR|Commonwealth Law Reports}} 142] |courtname=auto}}.</ref><ref name="Loan Investment v Bonner">{{cite BAILII |litigants=Loan Investment Corporation of Australasia v Bonner |year=1969 |court=UKPC |num=33 |format=1}} {{cite NZLII |court=NZPC |num=1 |year=1969 |parallelcite=[1970] [[New Zealand Law Reports|NZLR]] 724 |courtname=[[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council|Privy Council]] (on appeal from New Zealand)}}.</ref> | * Common Law damages are readily available or the detriment suffered by the claimant is easy to substitute, then damages are adequate.<ref name="Dougan v Ley">{{cite AustLII|HCA|3|1946|litigants=Dougan v Ley |parallelcite=[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1946/3.pdf (1946) 71 {{abbr|CLR|Commonwealth Law Reports}} 142] |courtname=auto}}.</ref><ref name="Loan Investment v Bonner">{{cite BAILII |litigants=Loan Investment Corporation of Australasia v Bonner |year=1969 |court=UKPC |num=33 |format=1}} {{cite NZLII |court=NZPC |num=1 |year=1969 |parallelcite=[1970] [[New Zealand Law Reports|NZLR]] 724 |courtname=[[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council|Privy Council]] (on appeal from New Zealand)}}.</ref> |