Agency Flashcards
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Agency by ratification conditions
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- Contract must not be a void one… ashbury railways carriages v riches
- Ratification must be done within a reasonable time
- Act must be possible to ratify… grover and grover ltd v mathews
- Principal should be aware of material facts
- Principal should be disclosed
- Ratification should be for the whole contract
2
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Implied agency
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Reference to past course of dealings… murfitt v royal insurance co
3
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Agency of necessity
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Great northern railway co v swafield
There must be a prexesiting relationship
Impossible to contact the principal
Agent to show he acted in what he believed was the principal interest
Must be really an emergency situation
4
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Sika contracts v gills and others
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Agent may be personally liable