Contract Cases for PQ Flashcards

1
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Language must be certain (willingness to be bound)

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Gibson v MCC

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2
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Language must be certain (willingness to be bound)

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Storer v MCC

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3
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Goods on display = ITT

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Pharmaceutical Society v Boots

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4
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Ads usually ITT, unless language of clear commitment

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Carlill v CSB

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5
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Reward ads might be unilateral offer

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Williams v Cawardine

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6
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Counter-offer = rejection

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Hyde v Wrench

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7
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As long as performance started, no revocation (unilateral)

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Errington v Errington

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8
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Even if no completed can revoke (unilateral)(exception bc estate agent)

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Luxor v Cooper

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9
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Acceptance must correspond to offer

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Tinn v Hoffman

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10
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Acceptance must be communicated (silence insufficient)

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Felthouse v Bindley

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11
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Postal Acceptance Rule: acceptance when posted

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Household Fire v Grant

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12
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PAR extended to telegram, but not telephone/telex

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Entores v Miles Far East

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13
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Mirror-Image Rule

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BMT v Ex-Cell-O

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14
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Nominal/peppercorn sufficient; need not be adequate but sufficient

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Chappell & Co v Nestle

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15
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Benefit/Detriment theory - detriment to promisee, benefit to promisor

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Hammer v Sidway

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16
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Request theory

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Combe v Combe

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17
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Mere love and affection insufficient

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Thomas v Thomas

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18
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Past consideration for old promise =/= consideration for new promise

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Roscorla v Thomas

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19
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Promise to pay more: no consideration if pre-existing duty

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Stilk v Myrick

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20
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Promise to pay more: fresh consideration if practical benefits

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Williams v Roffey Bros

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21
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Promise to pay less: (Pinnel’s Case) - part payment not fresh consideration

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Foakes v Beer

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22
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Promise to pay less: fresh consideration if practical benefits (beyond part payment)

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MWB v Rock

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23
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1) Clear and unequivocal promise; 2) Reliance; 3) Unequitable to resile

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Central London Property v High Trees

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24
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Shield not sword

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Combe v Combe

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25
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Commercial agreements presumed

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Edwards v Skyways

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26
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Objective reasonable test

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Blue v Ashley

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27
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Domestic agreements presumed no (Husband-Wife)

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Balfour v Balfour

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28
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Domestic agreements presumed no (Mother-Daughter)

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Jones v Padavatton

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29
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If vague terms, no ICLR

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Baird Textile Holdings v M&S

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30
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Notice needs to be given on time + sufficient

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Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking

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31
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Notice needs to be given on time

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Olley v Marlborough Court

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32
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Notice needs to sufficient: more onerous, more notice

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Interfoto v Stiletto

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33
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Red Hand Rule

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J Spurling v Bradshaw

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34
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Sig down then bound (no matter if read)

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L’Estrange v Graucob

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35
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Only to terms in doc, not referenced in other doc

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Bates v Post Office

36
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Fraud/misrep negates sig rule

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Curtis v Chem Cleaning

37
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(Time) pressure negates sig rule

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Amiri Flight Authority v BAE Systems

38
Q

Natural ordinary meaning > Commercial common sense

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Arnold v Britton

39
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Business Efficacy/Officious Bystander

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The Moorcock

40
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Officious Bystander

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Shirlaw v Southern Foundries

41
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Implied cannot contradict express

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Barton v Morris

42
Q

Correspondence, satisfactory, fit for purpose

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Sale of Goods Act

43
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Reasonable care & skill

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Supply of Goods and Services Act

44
Q

Judicially implied term to not cheat

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Ivey v Genting Casinos

45
Q

Judicially implied term to maintain common areas

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LCC v Irwin

46
Q

Available for relational contracts

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Yam Seng v Int Trade Corp

47
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Relational = long term, communication, exclusivity, etc.

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Bates v Post Office

48
Q

Objective standard

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Tamplin v James

49
Q

Subjective standard: uniltaral mistake, as to term, actual knowledge of mistake

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Digilandmall.com

50
Q

Cannot ‘snatch up’ offer

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Hartog v Colin & Shields

51
Q

No relief even if knowledge

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Smith v Hughes

52
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1) Mistake fundamental 2) Render performance impossible

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The Great Peace

53
Q

No consensus ad idem - void

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The Peerless

54
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1) No fault 2) Obligation incapable 3) Radically different 4) Mere inconvenience insufficient

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Davis Contractors v UDC

55
Q

Subject matter of contract res extincta - discharged

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Taylor v Caldwell

56
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Statement of intention not misrep

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Edgington v Fitzmaurice

57
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Opinion must be held - no misrep

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Bisset v Wilkinson

58
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If one party more knowledge, reasonable basis - no misrep

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Esso Petroleum v Mardon

59
Q

Misrep by conduct

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Gordon v Selico

60
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Misrep by subsequent falsification

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With v O’Flanagan

61
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Fraudulent misrep: all losses flowing recoverable (even unforeseeable)

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Derry v Peek

62
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Quasi-negligent: BoP reverses to D to prove rep made on reasonable grounds

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Misrep Act 1967

63
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Exclusion of misrep no effect unless reasonableness per UCTA

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MA67, s3

64
Q

Exclusion of misrep effective unless fraud

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Springwell v JP Morgan

65
Q

Unlawful act = threat to break contract, Illegitimate Pressure + Coercion of Will

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Stilk v Myrick

66
Q

Illegitimate (determined by justification, eg: commercial self interest) + Causation + No alternatives

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Times Travel v Pakistan International

67
Q

Threats to person & property: don’t need but for

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Barton v Armstrong

68
Q

Economic duress causation test

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But for + no alternatives

69
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1) Relationship of ‘trust and confidence’ and; 2) Transaction that calls for explanation

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Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge

70
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Independent legal advice - evidence showing free & informed

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Credit Lyonnais v Burch

71
Q

Doctrine of Last Resort - must shock conscience of the court

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Cresswell v Potter

72
Q

UB Test

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1) Bargaining impairment; 2) Manifestly improvident/undervalue; 3) Acted unconscionably (take advantage of 1)

73
Q

Customary to not rely on limitation clause, insurance - not fair or reasonable

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Finney Lock Seeds

74
Q

More reasonable for surveyor to bear risk than private purchaser

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Smith v Eric Bush

75
Q

Condition - breach can terminate, warranty - no breach can terminate, innominate - if deprive substantially of whole benefit can terminate

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Hong Kong Fir Shipping

76
Q

Can claim only when substantial performance

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Hoening v Isaacs

77
Q

C can complete performance & claim money if: 1) no need D cooperation to complete; 2) Legitimate interest (BoP on D)

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White & Carter v McGregor

78
Q

1) Damages inadequate; 2) Not personal service; 3) No undue hardship

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Co-op Insurance Society v Argylle Stores

79
Q

Cost of Cure: intention to fix + proportionate

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Ruxley Electronics v Forsyth

80
Q

Amenity Damages: diff between market value & personal value

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Ruxley Electronics v Forsyth

81
Q

Remoteness: loss foreseeable/specific info

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Hadley v Baxendale

82
Q

When RL

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Anglia TV v Reed

83
Q

1) Damages inadequate; 2) Legitimate interest in preventing profit-making

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AG v Blake

84
Q

Damages clause justified by: LI in performance beyond damages

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Cavendish Square v Makdessi

85
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LI = deterrence, not penal, no disproportionate

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ParkingEye v Beavis