Tontine Group what is a commodity market," she said. "In other countries there is no market leader because manufacturers tended to stay in their local areas." As the company is well known, it is referenced in jokes. For example, an Australian legal newsletter said of an alleged swindler who padded his timesheets "that at one stage pillow makers Tontine were said to be interested in sponsoring him." Duvets in Australia are known by the genericized trademark "Doona"; the brand name is owned by the Tontine Group. The brand name was acquired by Tontine in 1991 when Pacific Dunlop took over the Northern
Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales, (""Codelfa"") is a widely cited Australian contract law case, which serves as authority for the modern approach to contractual construction. The case concerned a construction company whose works had been held up by an injunction, and greatly influenced the development of the Eastern Suburbs railway line. In terms of contract law it addresses questions of frustration, construction and the parol evidence rule. The case diverged from the well established English approach regarding the use of extrinsic evidence in