Exclusion Clauses (Common Law) Flashcards

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L’Estrange v Graucob

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Terms are incorporated into contracts by signature, even if the party signing has not read them

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Curtis v Chemical Cleaning and Dyeing Co

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Misrepresentation as to effect of exclusion clause invalidates the clause

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Parker v Southern Eastern Railway

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The party subject to exclusion clause must be made sufficiently aware of its existence before or at the time that the contract was formed

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Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking

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The party subject to exclusion clause must be made sufficiently aware of its existence before or at the time that the contract was formed

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Thomson v LMS Railway CO

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Notice must be reasonable but it need not be actual

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Chapel ton v Barry Urban District Council

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Clauses are only incorporated if on a document that might reasonably be considered to contain contractual terms

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The Mikhail Lermontov

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Where reference is made to an exemption clause in a document given prior to the formation of the contract, attention must still be drawn to the clause itself.

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Interfoto v Stiletto

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If one condition in a set of printed conditions is particularly onerous or unusual, the party seeking to enforce it must show that the condition was fairly brought to the attention of the other party in the most explicit way

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Houghton v Trafalgar Insurance Co Ltd

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CONTRA PROFERENTEM RULE: any ambiguity in exclusion clause is interpreted in favour of the claimant

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Hollier v Rambler Motors

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If the exclusion clause attempts to exclude liability in negligence, then it must reach a very high standard of clarity and precision in drafting to be held to cover the breach that has occurred.

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Photo Production v Securicor

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Doctrine of fundamental breach does not apply if clause clearly and unambiguously covers the breach

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Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel

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Terms may be incorporated by notice before or at the time of contract formation

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