“The parties to an executory contract are often faced‚ in the course of carrying it out‚ with a turn of events which they did not at all anticipate – a wholly abnormal rise or fall in prices‚ a sudden depreciation of currency‚ an unexpected obstacle to the execution‚ or the like. Yet this does not in itself affect the bargain which they have made…” (per Lord Simon in British Movietonews Ltd. v. London and District Cinemas [1952] A.C. 166 at 185). Discuss this dictum and explain the respects in
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Contract A contract is a promise between two or more persons involving the exchange of some good or service. Some of the basic elements of a contract include: an offer and an acceptance; "capacity‚" or being of legal age and sound competence; "mutual assent‚" or agreement on the terms of a contract; and "consideration‚" or compensation for goods or services rendered. The element that distinguishes a contract from an informal agreements is that it is legally binding:the law provides
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Contract Law Introduction In the following case note I will examine the High Court case; Smart Telecom Plc. V Radio Teilefis Eireann & Glanbia Plc. [2006] IEHC 176. The essence of this case is one involving a request for tenders put forward by RTE for sponsorship and the subsequent refusal of Smart Telecom’s referential bid thereto. The questions raised were (1) whether referential bidding was a permissible term of RTE’s offer and (2) if not‚ were they were obliged to re-tender the contract
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By the case of Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co the doctrine of Promissory Estoppel was establish and the derivation of modern doctrine of it is to be found in the The doctrine of Promissory Estoppel was first developed but was lost for some time until it was resurrected by Lord Denning in the leading case of Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd. Promissory estoppel There are three exceptions to the rule in Pinnel’s case. They are composite agreement‚ payment of debt
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Sample Contract Exercise Contracts are the bloodline of business. Thus it is absolutely crucial that you understand what you are or your business is signing. We have looked at some common clauses found in contracts like restraint of trade clauses‚ exclusion clauses and liquidated damages clauses. In addition to these‚ there are many other common clauses and the purpose of this exercise is to highlight these clauses as well. If you do a simple search in the Internet you will realize that many of
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CONTRACT OF LAW Contract can be defined as ‘an agreement enforceable by law’. In other words‚ a contract is an agreement made between two(2) parties or more which is legally binding between the parties. There are six (6) basic elements in the contract : 1. Offer refers to a proposal that is capable of being converted into an agreement by its acceptance. Section 2(a) of Contract Act 1950 provides that when a person signifies another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything‚ with
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Law of Agency – the Contracts Act 1950 Great Northern Railway Co v Swaffield states that where impossible to get principal’s instructions‚ the agent’s action is necessary to prevent loss and the agent has acted in good faith‚ an agency of necessity arises. The Contracts Act 1950 states that an agent has to obey principal’s instructions. The Contracts Act 1950 states that an agent has to be careful‚ diligent and use any skill that he may
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Contract Law LA4001 In order to able to outline the contract law on capacity in the light of this statement basically means how does the contract is being issued to the lay people who has no or little knowledge about law and how does it seek to protect the interests of those making the contracts. Contracts are of course not only made between individual people. In many case one or both
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CONTRACT LAW – LECTURE 4 Promissory estoppel Is about the enforceability of all alteration promises (promises to pay more and promises to accept less) and by contrast estoppels does not apply to promises about the formation of initial contracts Ex. If a creditor promises to accept a smaller sum in full settlement intending the debtor to rely on that promise‚ and the debtor does rely on it‚ the debtor may have a defence of promissory estoppels when sued for the balance by the creditor. The promise
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1950. The law applicable are Sec 26 of CA has stated that agreement made without consideration is void. According to Sec 2(d) of CA‚ consideration is an act or abstinence or promise by the promisee or any other person as required by the promisor in return for his promise. Literally‚ it means something that is given in return for something else. On the other hand‚ there was an exceptions under Sec 26 of CA which is an agreement without consideration is void unless the contract made on account
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