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Chapter 10: Contractual Defects Flashcards

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Contractual Defects

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Provide one of the parties with a defence when the other party commences a lawsuit.

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5 contractual defects studied:

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  • Incapacity to contract.
  • Absence of writing.
  • Mistake.
  • Unfairness during bargaining.
  • Illegality.
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Capacity

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Legal power to give consent.

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Age of Majority

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The age at which a person is held fully accountable in law.

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Minors

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People who have not reached the age of majority.

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Voidable

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A contract is voidable if a minor is entitled to avoid the legal obligations that the contract would have otherwise created.

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Is every contract with a minor void at the outset?

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Not necessarily.

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What is affirming the contract?

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Losing the right to void a contract.

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What happens to contracts when a minor reaches the age of majority?

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The minor must decide, within a reasonable time frame, whether they want to avoid the contract they created as a minor.

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A minor creates a contract and collects benefits. However, upon reaching the age of majority, that minor decides to void the contract. What occurs next?

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The minor must give back the benefits they received from the contract.

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What are some contracts that minors cannot avoid?

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Contracts for necessary goods such as food, clothing, education, medical treatment, and medical treatment.

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Can minors avoid contracts of employment that are to their benefit?

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No.

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What are the two situations in which people can lack capacity because of a deficient intellect?

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  1. If a court has declared a person to be lacking in mental capacity.
  2. If they lack the mental capacity to contract at the time the contract is formed.
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What are the two criteria for voiding a contract due to intoxication?

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  1. The person must have been so drunk they could not know or appreciate what they were doing.
  2. The other contractual party must have been alerted to that fact.
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Chartered Corporations

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Treated the same as individuals who have reached the age of majority.

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Statutory Corporations

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Have limited contractual capacity.

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Difference between chartered and statutory corporations:

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Chartered corporations are treated the same as individuals who have reached the age of majority, while statutory corporations have limited contractual capacity.

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Statutory corporations are limited to the…

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Powers given to them through legislation.

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Ultra Vires

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Beyond the authority.

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What happens when a corporation acts ultra vires?

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It lacks the capacity to contract, and are consequently unenforceable.

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Associations

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Are usually unincorporated business organizations that lack contractual capacity.

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How does an association enter into a contract?

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An individual can enter into a contract for its benefit.

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Indian Band

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A body of Aboriginal people whose land and money are held by the Crown.

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Can unincorporated associations have legal capacity to contract?

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Yes, if it is granted to them through legislation.

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Do Indian Bands have contractual capacity?

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Yes.

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How are Indian Bands restricted in their contractual capacity?

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They cannot enter a deed, lease, contract, instrument, document, or agreement purporting to permit a person other than a member of a band to occur or use a reserve, or to reside or otherwise exercise any rights on a reserve.

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The capacity to contract by public authorities is restricted by…

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The division of powers in the Constitution Act 1867.

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Statute of Frauds

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Requires some contracts to be evidenced in writing as a way of reducing the risk of perjury.

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Does the Statute of Frauds apply to guarantees?

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Yes.

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Guarantee

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A contractual promise by a third party, called a guarantor, to satisfy a debtor’s obligation if that debtor fails to do so.

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Indemnity

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An unconditional promise to assume another’s debt completely.

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What is the difference between a guarantee and an indemnity?

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A guarantee is conditional, while an indemnity is not.

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An indemnity is not a promise to answer for another’s debt, it is…

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A promise to assume another’s debt altogether.

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In a number of provinces, the Statute of Frauds applies to contracts of (guarantee/indemnity) but not (guarantee/indemnity).

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Guarantee, indemnity.

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What are contracts that fall under the Statute of Frauds?

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Guarantees, contracts for the sale of an interest in land. contracts not to be performed within a year.

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What must be contained in writing for the Statute of Frauds?

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  1. There must be evidence of the essential elements of the contract.
  2. It must be signed by the party again whom he agreement is being enforced.
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True or false? Courts are generally very tough on the drafters of documents in the Statute of Frauds.

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False, they are generally quite lenient.

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Does the Statute of Frauds void a contract?

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No, it simply makes it unenforceable.

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Quantum Meruit

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A reasonable sum of money to be paid for services rendered or work done when the amount due is not stipulated in a legally enforceable contract.

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What types of consumer protection laws require written agreements?

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All personal development services (health, fitness, diet, modelling, talent, martial arts, sports, and dance).

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Consensus Ad Idem

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Meeting of the Minds.

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Do contracts require consensus ad idem?

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Yes.

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Say that a mistake occurs when an error affects the basic process of contract formation. What is the effect on the contract?

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The contract cannot exist.

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Say that a mistake makes it impossible for the object of the contract to be achieved. What is the effect on the contract?

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The contract may be defective.

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What are the two types of mistakes that prevent the creation of contracts?

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  1. Mistaken identity.

2. Mistake about subject matter.

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What two criteria need to be present in order to cause mistaken identity to render a contract defective?

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  1. A mistake was known to the other contractual party.

2. The mistake was material.

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Material Mistake

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One that matters to the mistaken party in an important way.

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Mistake about Existence of the Subject Matter

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Both parties make the same mistake, not that is usually based on a false assumption. I sell you a beach house, we both don’t know that it burned down a week ago.

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How can a business protect itself from a common mistake about the existence of a subject matter?

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By inserting a force majeure, or irresistible force.

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Force Majeure Clause

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States which party in a contract bears the hardship if the subject matter of the contract is destroyed or if some other unexpected event occurs.

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How would a party deal with a force majeure clause?

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Purchase insurance.

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Frustration

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A contract is frustrated when some event makes performance possible or radically undermines its very purpose.

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Does the doctrine of frustration apply if a party is responsible for a relevant event?

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No, no one must be responsible.

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How does a party transfer responsibility in cases where the doctrine of frustration may apply?

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By inserting a force majeure clause.

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What is the all or nothing rule for the doctrine of frustration?

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A purchaser can recover all of their contractual patients if they haven to achieved any benefit from the seller, but if they had received some benefit, they cannot recover any payments.

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What happens to a situation where frustration occurs, and the purchaser neither paid money nor received a benefit under the contract?

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The entire burden of the frustrating event falls on the seller.

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Non Est Factum

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Literally means “this is not my deed.”

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When is non est fact available?

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When there is a fundamental, total, or radical difference between what a person signed and what the person thought they were signing.

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Duress of Person

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Refers to physical violence of the threat of violence.

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Duress of Goods

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Occurs when one person seizes or threatens to seize another person’s goods to force that person to create a contract.

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Economic Duress

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Arises when a person enters into a contractual arrangement after being threatened with financial harm.

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Economic duress is considered to be more legitimate if:

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  • One party was dealing in bad faith.
  • Could not have reasonably resisted.
  • Started legal proceedings promptly.
  • Victim protested.
  • Victim succumbed to the pressure without legal advice.
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Undue Influence

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The abuse of a relationship in order to influence someone and induce an argument.

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Fiduciary Relationship

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A relationship in which one person is in a position of dominance over the other.

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There is a presumption of ___ ___ whenever a fiduciary is involved in a transaction.

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Undue influence.

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Unconscionable Transaction

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An agreement that no right-minded person would ever make and no fair-minded person would ever accept.

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Improvident Bargain

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A bargain made without regard to the future.

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What must be established in unconscionable transactions?

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  1. There was an improvident bargain.

2. There was an inequality in the bargaining position of the two parties.

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If the two elements are satisfied, court assume that there is an unconscionable transaction. True or false?

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True.

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Illegal Agreements

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Expressly or implicitly prohibited by statute.

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Regulatory Statute

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Purpose is to not punish individuals for wrongdoing, but rather to regulate their conduct through an administrative regime.

72
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A mobster hires a thug to kill politician, but the thug runs with the money. Can the mobster sue the thug?

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No.

73
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Can a court strike down a contract simply because it is contrary to public policy?

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Yes.

74
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Covenant in Restraint of Trade

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A contractual term that unreasonably restricts one party’s liberty to carry on a trade, business, or profession in a particular way.

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What do covenants in restraint of trade require?

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  1. Trade or not trade with someone in particular.

2. Work for someone in particular, or not work for anyone else.

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