Assignment; Mistake in contract law‚ is a factual misunderstanding that may lead to a failure of a meeting of the minds. Unilateral mistake is mean that is only one party is mistaken‚ but the other party knows‚ or ought reasonably to be aware of the mistake. Contract may be void or voidable. Void is a contract that is no legal effect. While‚ voidable is an agreement that may be affirmed or rejected at the option of one of the party. The reason why Lord Denning took the view that these two cases could not
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CONTRACTS OF INDEMNITY Definition Section 124 of the Contract Act defines a contract of indemnity as a contract by which one party promises to save the other party from loss caused to him by the conduct of the promisor himself‚ or by the conduct of any other person. P. contracts to indemnify Q against the consequences of any proceeding which R may. take against Q in respect of a certain sum of Rs. 200. This is a Contract of Indemnity: P is called the indemnifier and Q the Indemnity-holder. Characteristics
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THE LAW OF CONTRACT IN GHANA (These notes have mainly been culled from Mrs. Christine Dowuona Hammond’s seminal work on the Law of Contracts.) INTRODUCTION Contracts are made by people every day‚ whether the parties recognise it or not. Each time one spends money on anything – a bus ticket‚ an airline ticket‚ a pair of shoes‚ a meal in a restaurant‚ laundry services‚ books‚ or signs a lease‚ etc. one concludes a valid and legally binding contract. Contracts may be oral or written;
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CHAPTER 11 NATURE AND CLASSES OF CONTRACTS CHAPTER OUTLINE A. NATURE OF CONTRACTS 1. DEFINITION OF A CONTRACT general rule. A contract is a legally binding agreement. Stated another way‚ "a contract is a promise or a set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy‚ or the performance of which the law in some way recognizes as a duty." (Restatement‚ Contracts‚ 2d) study hint. The essence of a contract is that (1) by mutual agreement (2) parties create obligations
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CONTRACTS IN BUSINESS On the 10th of September an offer was distinguished between Huddersford Electronics Ltd (HE ltd) and Gem Computer Stores (GCS). The offer was an invitation to treat as there is an entitlement that an offer could accepted and therefore‚ a contract could be formed. An offer is formed as HE ltd posted an offer to sell 10 laptops to GCS‚ keeping the offer open until the 24th September. A statement is made by HE ltd who is giving information to GCS expressing an intention to sell
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Formation of contract The green van Hubert’s initial e-mail is merely an invitation to treat‚ demonstrating only a willingness to negotiate rather than an intention to be bound by acceptance. The response from Philip to Hubert’s preliminary enquiry about the green van is‚ however‚ clearly an offer. There is intention to be bound by acceptance‚ demonstrated by the expression “when do you want it?”‚ combined with identification of the essential elements – the price (£30‚000) and the subjects (the
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1 Elements of a Contract Moses Parker BUS 670: Legal Environment Porf. Stacey Callaway October 6‚ 2014‚ 2014 ELEMENTS OF A 2 Elements of a Contract Indeed‚ contracts plays a very significant role in all aspects of society; according to Nysten & Lehto‚ (2012)‚ “Business people often understand contracts as legal documents‚ designed by lawyers in
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1. Article 2 of the UCC mandates that the parties to a sales contract state in specific and unambiguous language the exact terms of the contract. Otherwise‚ courts will declare the contract unenforceable. True False 2. Law of sale of goods codified in the Art.2 of the UCC is modified to accommodate current practices of the merchants. True False 3. In mixed goods-services situations‚ courts determine whether the contract is for the sale of goods by determining whether the good or
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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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1. Voidable Contract: An agreement which is enforceable by law at the option of one or more of the parties thereto‚ but not at the option of the other or others‚ is a voidable contract. A contract is voidable when one of the parties to the contract has not exercised his free consent. One of the essential elements of a formation of a contract for example‚ free consent‚ is absent. All voidable contracts are those which are induced by coercion fraud or misrepresentation. The person whose consent is
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