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Contract Law

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An Introduction to Contract Law in the UK
Basic elements of a valid contract, bilateral and unilateral contracts, void, voidable, unenforceable, not properly executed and cancellable contracts

Beswick v Beswick (1968) AC 58, (1967) 2 All ER 1197, HL
Bremer Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Toepfer (1980) 2 Lloyd's Rep 43, CA
Grey v Ellison (1856) 1 Giff 436
Ingham v Emes (1955) 2 QB 366, (1955) 2 All ER 740, CA
Kelner v Baxter (1866) LR 2 CP 174 at 185
Re Brockman (1909) 2 Ch 170, CA
Re Chappell, ex p Ford (1885) 16 QBD 305, CA

Offer and acceptance
Offers/invitations to treat, adverts, acceptance, communication

A to Z Bazaars (Pty) Ltd v Minister of Agriculture (1974) 4 SA 392.
Blackpool & Fylde Aero Club Ltd v Blackpool Borough Council (1990) 1 WLR 1195
Brinkibon Ltd v Stahag Stahl et al (1983) 2 AC 34
Brogden v Metropolitan Ry Co (1866) 2 App Cas 666
Byrne v Van Tienhoven (1880) 5 CPD 344
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. (1893) 1 QB 256
Dickinson v Dodds (1876) 2 Ch D 463
Eliason v Henshaw (1819) 4 Wheat 225
Entores Ltd v Miles Far East Corp (1955) 2 QB 327
G Percy Trentham v Archital Luxfer Ltd (1993) 1 Lloyd’s Rep 25
Gibson v Manchester City Council (1979) 1 All ER 972, (1979) 1 WLR 294, HL
Harvela Investments Ltd v Royal Trust Co of Canada (1984) 2 All ER 65
Holwell Securities Ltd v Hughes (1974) 1 WLR 155
Hyde v Wrench (1840) 3 Beav 334
Loutfi v C Czarnikow Ltd (1953) 2 Lloyd's Rep 213, CA
Lovegrove v Campbell (1949) 82 Ll L Rep 615
Mondial Shipping & Chartering BV v Astarte Shipping Ltd (1995) CLC 1011
Powell v Lee (1908) 99 LT 284
Quenerduaine v Cole (1883) 32 WR 185
The Brimnes (1975) QB 929
Tinn v Hoffmann & Co (1873) 29 LT 271

Contract law - Consideration
Valuable consideration, executed and executory

Combe v Combe (1951) 2 KB 215, (1951) 1 All ER 767, CA
Currie v Misa (1875) LR 10 Exch 153 at 162, Ex Ch
Bailey v Croft (1812) 4 Taunt 611
Wigan v English and Scottish Law Life Assurance Association (1909) 1 Ch 291
Milroy v Lord (1862) 4 De GF & J 264, CA in Ch
Thomas v Thomas (1842) 2 QB 851

Certainty of terms
Meaningless clauses, vagueness, custom, complete agreements, implied terms, previous course of dealing

Arcos Ltd and Russo-Norwegian Onega Wood Co v Aronson (1930) 36 Ll L Rep 108
British Crane Hire Corpn Ltd v Ipswich Plant Hire Ltd (1975) QB 303, (1974) 1 All ER 1059, CA
David T Boyd v Louis Louca (1973) 1 Lloyd’s Rep 209
First Energy (UK) Ltd v Hungarian International Bank Ltd (1993) 2 Lloyd's Rep 194 CA
Hillas & Co Ltd v Arcos Ltd (1932) 147 LT 503, 514
Lombard Tricity Finance Ltd v Paton (1989) 1 All ER 918, CA
Malcolm v Chancellor etc of the University of Oxford (1991) CLY 521, CA
Nicolene Ltd v Simmonds (1953) 1 QB 543
Shamrock SS Co v Storey & Co (1899) 81 LT 413
Smith v Morgan (1971) 1 WLR 803
Star Shipping AS v China National Foreign Trade Transportation Corpn, The Star Texas (1993) 2 Lloyd's Rep 445, CA
Welsh Development Agency v Export Finance Co Ltd (1992) BCLC 148, (1992) BCC 270, CA
Wellington CC v Body Corporate 51702 (Wellington) (2002) 3 NZLR 486, NZCA

Terms of the contract
Actual terms distinguished from representations and 'advertising puff', implied and express terms, conditions and warranties - Contract law.

Heilbut, Symons Co v Buckleton (1913) Ac 30
Couchman v Hill (1947) KB 554, (1947) 1 All ER 103, CA
Bannerman v White (1861) 10 CBNS 844
Oscar Chess Ltd v Williams (1957) 1 All ER 325, (1957) 1 WLR 370 at 375, 378, CA
Dick Bentley Productions Ltd v Harold Smith (Motors) Ltd (1965) 2 All ER 65, (1965) 1 WLR 623 at 628, CA
Routledge v McKay (1954) 1 All ER 855, (1954) 1 WLR 615, CA
Gilchester Properties Ltd v Gomm (1948) 1 All ER 493
Van Raalte v Fitzroy (1956) Times, 10 March
Ecay v Godfrey (1947) 80 Ll L Rep 286
Bentsen v Taylor, Sons & Co (1893) 2 QB 274
Schuler (L) AG v Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd (1974) Ac 235
Maredelanto Compania Naviera SA v Bergbau-Handel Gmbh, The Mihalis Angelos (1971) 1 QB 164 at 205, (1970) 3 All ER 125 CA
Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd v L Schuler AG (1972) 2 All ER 1173, (1972) 1 WLR 840, CA.

Contract law - Intention
Intention to create legal relations, presumption in commercial contracts, domestic arrangements

Balfour v Balfour (1919) 2 KB 571
Banque Brussels Lambert v Australian National Industries Ltd (1989) 21 NSWLR 502, Aust
British Steel Corpn v Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd (1984) 1 All ER 504
Buckpitt v Oates (1968) 1 All ER 1145
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (1893) 1 QB 256, CA
Connell v Motor Insurers' Bureau (1969) 2 QB 494, (1969) 3 All ER 572
Kingswood Estate Co Ltd v Anderson (1963) 2 QB 169, (1962) 3 All ER 593, CA
Kleinwort Benson Ltd v Malaysian Mining Corpn Bhd (1989) 1 All ER 785, (1989) 1 WLR 379, CA
Merritt v Merritt (1970) 1 WLR 1211
Pearce v Merriman (1904) 1 KB 80
Rose and Frank Co v JR Crompton & Bros Ltd (1923) 2 KB 261 CA; (1925) AC 445, HL

Minors’ contracts
Void and voidable contracts, contracts for necessaries, service, apprenticeship and education

Northern Western Ry v McMichael (1850) 5 Exch 114
Nash v Inman (1908) 2 KB 1, CA
Roberts v Gray (1913) 1 KB 520, CA
Clements v London and North Western Ry Co (1894) 2 QB 482
De Francesco v Barnum (1890) 45 Ch D 430
Sir WC Leng & Co Ltd v Andrews (1909) 1 Ch 763
Doyle v White City Stadium (1935) 1 KB 110
Denmark Publications Ltd v Boscobel Productions Ltd (1967) 111 SJ 715

Contract law - Exclusion Clauses
Exclusion or limit of liability, signed contracts, notice of exclusion clause, types of document contaning clause, course of dealing, fundamental breach, Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, dealing as a consumer or a business - Contract law.

Parker v South Eastern Ry (1877) 2 CPD 416
L’Estrange v F Graucob Ltd (1934) 2 KB 394
Curtis v Chemical Cleaning and Dyeing Co (1951) 1 KB 805
Thomas v LM & S Ry (1930) 1 KB 41
Richardson, Spence & Co v Rowntree (1894) AC 217
Henderson v Steven (1875) LR 2 HL (Sc) 470
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd (1971) 2 QB 163
Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd (1989) QB 433
Chapelton v Barry UDC (1940) 1 KB 532, (1940) 1 All ER 356, CA
Jude v Edinburgh Corpn (1943) SC 399
Taylor v Glasgow Corpn (1952) SC 440
Thompson v London, Midland and Scottish Rly Co (1930) 1 KB 41, CA
Grogan v Robin Meredith Plant Hire (1996) 15 Tr LR 371, CA
Spurling (J) Ltd v Bradshaw (1956) 1 WLR 461
Hollier v Rambler Motors (AMC) Ltd (1972) 2 QB 71
Alderslade v Hendon Laundry (1945) 1 KB 189
Chanter v Hopkins (1838) 4 M & W 399
Photo Production Ltd v Securicor Transport Ltd (1980) AC 827
UGS Finance Ltd v National Mortgage Bank of Greece (1964) 1 Lloyd’s Rep 446
Director General of Fair Trading Ltd v First National Bank plc (2001) UKHL 52; (2002) 1 AC 481
Davies v Sumner [1984] 3 All ER 831, [1984] 1 WLR 1301, HL
Lease Management Services Ltd v Purnell Secretarial Services Ltd [1994] CCLR 127, 13 Tr LR 337, CA)

Misrepresentation
Statements of fact, vague or commendatory puffs, beliefs, statements as to the future, statements of law, fraudulent, negligent, innocent, s.2 Misrepresentation Act 1967, relief

Akerheilm v Rolf De Mare (1959) AC 789
Attwood v Small (1838) 6 Cl & Fin 232
Bisset v Wilkinson (1927) AC 177
Collins v Evans (1844) 5 QB 820, Ex Ch
Derry v Peek (1889) 14 App Cas 337, HL
Dimmock v Hallett (1866) 2 Ch App 21
Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Mardon (1976) QB 801
Gran Gelato Ltd v Richcliff (1992) Ch 560
Hedley Byrne and Co v Heller & Partners (1964) AC 465
HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v Chase Manhattan Bank (2001) EWCA Civ 1250, (2001) 2 Lloyd's Rep 483
Horsfall v Thomas (1862) 1 H & C 90
Howard Marine & Dredging Co Ltd v Ogden & Sons Ltd (1978) QB 574
Newbigging v Adam (1886) 34 ChD 582 CA
Redgrave v Hurd (1881) 20 Ch D 1
Reese Silver Mining Co v Smith (1869) LR HL 64
Smith v Land and House Property Corporation (1884) 28 Ch D 7
Sykes v Taylor-Rose (2004) All ER (D) 468 (Feb), CA

Contract law - Frustration
Destruction of subject matter, cancellation/non-occurrence of event, delay, legal changes, acts of the state, death or incapacity, object v motive, outcome where contract is frustrated

Bank Line Ltd v Arthur Capel & Co (1919) Ac 435
BP Exploration Co (Libya) Ltd v Hunt (No. 2) (1979) 1 WLR 783
Chakki v United Yeast Co Ltd (1982) 2 All ER 446
Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham UDC (1956) AC 696
Krell v Henry [1903] 2 KB 740, CA
Metropolitan Water Board v Dick, Kerr & Co (1918) Ac 119
Taylor v Caldwell (1863) 3 B & S 826

Remedies
Damages for breach of contract, mitigation, damages for injured feelings and reputation

Addis v Gramophone Co Ltd [1909] AC 488, HL
Alexander v Rolls Royce Motors [1996] RTR 95
Anglia Television Ltd v Reed (1972) 1 QB 60
Anglo Continental Holidays Ltd v Typaldos Lines (London) Ltd (1967) 2 Lloyd’s Rep 61
Banco de Portugal v Waterlow & Sons (1932) Ac 452
Barclays Bank plc v Fairclough Building Ltd (1995) 1 All ER 289
Beco Ltd v Alfa Laval Co Ltd (1994) 4 All ER 464
Bliss v South East Thames Regional Health Authority [1987] ICR 700, [1985] IRLR 308, CA
Branchett v Beaney [1992] 3 All ER 910, CA
British Westinghouse v Underground Electric Railways Co of London (1912) AC 673
Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v New Garage and Motor Co Ltd (1915) AC 79
Ehrman v Bartholomew (1898) 1 Ch 671
Galoo Ltd v Bright Grahame Murray (1995) 1 All ER 16
Gibbons v Westminster Bank Ltd (1939) 2 KB 882
Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 9 Exch 341
Hayes v James & Charles Dodd (a firm) [1990] 2 All ER 815, CA
Johnson v Unisys Ltd (2001) UKHL 13; (2001) 2 WLR 1076
Knott v Bolton (24 March 1995, unreported), CA
Koufos v Czarnikow (C) Ltd, the Heron II (1969) 1 AC 350
Malik v Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA (in liquidation) [1998] AC 20, [1997] 3 All ER 1, HL)
Marco Productions Ltd v Pagola (1945) KB 111
McLeish v Amoo-Gottfried (1993) The Times, 13 October
McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1951) 84 CLR 377
Monarch Steamship Co Ltd v Karlshamns Oljefabriker AB [1949] AC 196, [1949] 1 All ER 1, HL
O'Laoire v Jackel International (No 2) [1991] ICR 718, sub nom O'Laoire v Jackel Inter-national Ltd [1991] IRLR 170, CA
Pilkington v Wood (1953) Ch 770
Quinn v Burch Bros (Builders) Ltd (1966) 2 QB 370, (1966) 2 All ER 283, CA
Smith Hogg & Co Ltd v Black Sea Insurance Co Ltd [1940] AC 997, [1940] 3 All ER 405 HL
Surrey County Council v Bredero Homes (1993) 3 All ER 705
Sutton v Sutton (1984) 1 All ER 168
Victoria Laundry (Windsor) Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd (1949) 2 KB 428
Walters v Morgan (1861) 3 DF & J 718
Watts v Morrow [1991] 4 All ER 937, [1991] 1 WLR 1421, CA
Yetton v Eastwoods Froy Ltd (1967) 1 WLR 104

Contract law - Mistake
Common, mutual and unilateral mistake, remedies

A Roberts & Co Ltd v Leicestershire County Council [1961] Ch 555, [1961] 2 All ER 545
Associated Japanese Bank (International) Ltd v Credit du Nord SA [1988] 3 All ER 902, [1989] 1 WLR 255
Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd, The Great Peace [2002] EWCA Civ 1407, [2003] QB 679, [2002] 4 All ER 689
Lloyds Bank plc v Waterhouse [1991] Fam Law 23 CA
McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1951) 84 CLR 377
Riverlate Properties Ltd v Paul [1975] Ch 133, [1974] 2 All ER 656, CA
Small v Currie (1854) 2 Drew 102
Tamplin v James (1880) 15 ChD 215

 

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