Exclusion/Limitation Clauses Cases

Question 1

Exclusion / Limitation Clauses - 20th Century approach Cases

Answer 1

The Suisse Atlantique
Photo Production v Securicor
R and B Customs Brokers v UDT Ltd

Question 2

Exclusion / Limitation Clauses - Is the clause incorporated into the contract - Signing without reading Case

Answer 2

L’Estrange v Graucob

Question 3

Exclusion / Limitation Clauses - Is the clause incorporated into the contract - Was adequate notice given Cases

Answer 3

Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel

Spurling v Bradshaw

Question 4

Exclusion / Limitation Clauses - Is the clause incorporated into the contract - Was there a course of dealing Cases

Answer 4

Spurling v Bradshaw

Mc Cutcheon v McBrayne

Question 5

Exclusion / Limitation Clauses - Is the clause incorporated into the contract - Tickets

Answer 5

Parker v S.E. Railway
Chappleton v Barry UDC
Dillon v Blaltic Shipping
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking

Question 6

Exclusion / Limitation Clauses - Is the clause incorporated into the contract - Penalty clauses must be explicit Case

Answer 6

Interfoto v Stilletto

Question 7

Exclusion / Limitation Clauses - Interference by the courts (The contra Preferentum Rule) -
Clauses must be clear Precise unambigious and unequivocal Cases

Answer 7

Andrews v Singer
White v John Warwick
Houghton v Trafalger Insurance
Hollier v Rambler Motors

Question 8

Exclusion / Limitation Clauses - Interference by the courts (The contra Preferentum Rule) -
The Doctrine of a Fundamental Breach Cases

Answer 8

Karsales v Wallace
Suisse Atlantique Case
Photo Productions v Securicor

Question 9

Exclusion / Limitation Clauses - Interference by the courts (The contra Preferentum Rule) -
Limitation Clauses will not be construed as strictly Case

Answer 9

Alisa Craig Fishing v Malvern Fishing Co

Question 10

Exclusion / Limitation Clauses - Interference by the courts (The contra Preferentum Rule) -
Oral Inconsistency Cases

Answer 10

Curtis v Chemical Cleaning

Evans v Merzario

Question 11

Exclusion / Limitation Clauses - Interference by Statute
The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
S3

Answer 11

S3 - Imposes a reasonableness test on clauses purporting to exclude liability
George Mitchell v Finney Lock Seeds