Discharge of Contract: Breach

Question 1

Poussard v Spiers and Pond

Answer 1

• Her presence was central to the production, it was a condition entitling the producers to repudiate her contract for he non-attendance.

Question 2

Hochster v de la Tour

Answer 2

• An anticipatory breach occurs when a party to a contract gives notice in advance to the other party that he will not be performing the contract.

Question 3

Geden Operations Ltd v Dry Bulk Handy Holdings Inc (Bulk Uruguay)

Answer 3

• Sets out when a breach can be treated as an anticipatory breach.