Forms of breach of contract and the remedies that can be used. Table of contents: Introduction Contracts as a whole Forms of breach of contracts Remedies Introduction: As long as human kind can remember contracts has been in the existence. Goods were exchanged in order to survive. Therefore a contract can be described as an agreement between two (or more) people where one person offers to do something and another person accepts that offer. So when someone agrees to sell and
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REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT Failure of buyer to take delivery Section 44 states that‚ when the seller is ready and willing to deliver the goods and requests the buyer to take delivery‚ and the buyer does not‚ within a reasonable time after such request‚ take delivery of the goods‚ he is liable to the seller for any loss occasioned by his neglect or refusal to take delivery‚ and also for a reasonable charge for the care and custody of the goods: Provided that nothing in this section shall
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Group A8 group memebers: Question 1 HowCan Pte Ltd enters into a contract of sale with Panda Ltd in China for the sale of perishable goods‚ F.O.B (free on board: i.e. buyer has to make the shipping and other arrangements). Howcan Pte Ltd then gets SureCan Pte Ltd to transport perishable goods from China to Singapore. The ship is supposed to transit via Vietnam. The goods are shipped out of China‚ but due to improper planning on the part of SureCan Pte Ltd‚ they are wrongly dispatched
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Chapter 18: Remedies for Breach of Contract Election to discharge: self-help remedy Types of Judicial Remedies • Common law remedy of damages • Common law remedy of an action for a fixed sum • Equitable remedy of specific performance • Equitable remedy of injunction Limitation Act • Judicial remedies may be barred by lapse of time due to LA • S 6 LA: no action against breach of contract after 6 years have passed (unless party unaware of breach) • LA does not apply to any legal action rooted
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Breach of Contract & Remedies 1 Breach of contract Nature of breach A breach of contract occurs where a party to a contract fails to perform‚ precisely and exactly‚ his obligations under the contract. This can take various forms for example‚ the failure to supply goods or perform a service as agreed. Breach of contract may be either actual or anticipatory. Actual breach occurs where one party refuses to form his side of the bargain on the due date or performs incompletely. For example: Poussard
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Discuss the grounds of termination of contract and remedies available for breach of contract. Further‚ discuss the most appropriate remedy (in your opinion) for breach of contract in a market economy. Grounds of Termination of Contract: Termination of a contract takes place when the parties to the contract are released from their contractual obligations. Contract termination may take in a number of ways which are: 1. By breach of contract. A breach of contract takes place when a party fails to
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09811599587 THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT‚ 1872 CHAPTER 1- NATURE OF CONTRACT The law of contract is that branch of law which determines the circumstances in which promise made by the parties to a contract shall be legally binding on them. All of us enter into a number of contracts everyday knowingly or unknowingly. Each contract creates some right and duties upon the contracting parties. Indian contract deals with the enforcement of these rights and duties upon the parties. Indian Contract Act‚ 1872 came into
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A contract is a "promise" or an "agreement" that is enforced or recognized by the law‚ whether implied or expressed. There must be an agreement‚ which consists of an agreement‚ an intention to create legal relations‚ and consideration. A contract is said to come into existence when acceptance of an offer has been communicated to the offerer by the offeree. An offer is an expression of willingness to contract on certain terms‚ made with the intention that it shall become binding as soon as it is
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Essential elements of Contracts BUS 670 Legal Environment Instructor: Mark Cohen 09/26/2011 Essential elements of Contracts All contracts share some common elements. A contract starts when an offer is made‚ certain requirements need to be satisfied to ensure the agreement is legal‚ in particular a capacity of parties to contract has to be proven‚ the legal purpose of the agreement and the satisfaction of consideration‚ before the offer is accepted. Contracts have common elements
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Describe the remedies available for breach of contract When signing a contract not only are you agreeing to the terms of this contract you are agreeing to the consequences if breach the contract. There are many remedies available if one of the party’s breaches the contract and if the party who breached the contract doesn’t agree to the consequences then the matter will be taken to court. A breach of contract can be defined as a party failing to perform‚ precisely and exactly‚ his obligations under
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