History of Contract in India The Third Law commission of British India formed in 1861 under the stewardship of Chairman Sir John Romilly‚ with initial members as Sir Edward Ryan‚ R. Lowe‚ J.M. Macleod‚ Sir W. Erle (succeeded by Sir. W.M. James) and Justice Wills (succeeded by J. Henderson)‚ had presented the report on contract law for India as Draft Contract Law (1866). The Draft Law was enacted as The Act 9 of 1872 on 25th April 1872 and the Indian Contract Act‚ 1872 came into force with effect
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A Collateral contract A collateral contract is one where the parties to one contract enter into or promise to enter into another contract. Thus‚ the two contracts are connected and it maybe enforced even though it forms no constructive part of the original contract. According to Lord Denning MR in the case of Evans & Sons Ltd v Andrea Merzario Ltd [1976] 1 WLR 1078 a collateral contract is ‘When a person gives a promise‚ or an assurance to another‚ intending that he should act on it by entering
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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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| |II. |Course Title |: |OBLIGATION AND CONTRACTS | |III. |Course Credit |: |3 units
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Contractual Terms and Restraints of Trade in Contracts When dealing with contract law‚ many problems can arise. There can be illegal terms in the contract or it can just be void. There are restraints on trade which include limiting employees from competing against their employers post employment and so on. Throughout this essay‚ these restrictions will be analyzed. The difference between illegalities‚ voids and restraints will be presented‚ along with cases to provide examples. It must be
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Contract is an agreement between two or more competent parties in which an offer is made and accepted‚ and each party benefits. No contract can come into being unless the following features exist: an actual offer‚ an acceptance‚ consideration (this means that each party will contribute something of a material value to the bargain) and an intention to create legal relations. The agreement can be formal‚ informal‚ written‚ or just plain understood. (a) For a contract to exist the offer must be made
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financial result was too good to be true because whenever he has a chance to play golf with one of the Chairman of his competitor company‚ he was told that life as the head of a corporate is becoming unbearable due to competition and increased in the cost of living. Still‚ Mr. Wan kept quiet while congratulating his three wise men for a fantastic job each year. Even the external Auditors could not believe the significant progress‚ which
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offer‚ acceptance‚ and consideration will not guarantee a legally enforceable contract”. Discuss. A contract is an agreement which normally consists of an ’offer ’ and an ’acceptance ’ and involves the ’meeting of the minds ’ or consensus between two or more parties with the intention to create a legally enforceable binding contract. Therefore in this essay‚ the four core elements needed for the formation of a contract such as offer‚ acceptance‚ and consideration and intention to create legal relations
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In Malaysia‚ our contract law is basically governed and enforced by the Contract Act 1950. The remedy of specific performance presupposes the existence of a valid contract between the parties to the controversy. The terms of the contract must be definite and certain. This is significant because equity cannot be expected to enforce either an invalid contract or one that is so vague in its terms that equity cannot determine exactly what it must order each party to perform. It would be unjust for a
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contract but do not appear to be a relevant issue here. While it is possible for offers to be "made to the world”1‚ K ’s advertisement is an "invitation to treat"2. It cannot be construed as an offer as it shows no intention on K ’s part to be bound to its terms‚ in contrast to the wording of the advertisement in Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ba// Co3. Thus A ’s letter to K dated 21 April is the first possibility of an offer. However the terms of this letter are too vague to be construed as an offer
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