Contract Law Cases

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Doctrine of Privity

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Tweddle v Atkinson 1861 and Dunlop v Selfridge 1915.

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Unilateral Offers and who an offer can be made to

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Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co 1983

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Certainty of Terms ( Offer)

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Hillas v Arcos 1932

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Invitation to Treat and the difference from an offer

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Gibson v Manchester City Council 1979

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An offer must be communicate to the offeree

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Taylor v Laird 1856

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Counter Offer

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Hyde v Wrench 1840

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Difference between a Counter Offer and a request for further information

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Stevenson, Jacques Co v McLean 1880

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Lapse of Time

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Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefiore 1866

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Revocation of an Offer - Must be Communicate

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Payne v Cave 1789 -

Must be communicated - Byrne v van Tienhoven 1880

By a reliable third party - Dickinson v Dodds 1876

Unilateral offer - Errington v Errington and Woods 1952

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Silence is not acceptance

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Felthouse v Bindley 1862

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Offeror can waive the need for acceptance to be communicated

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Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co 1892

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Postal Rule

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Adam v Lindsell 1818

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Exceptions to the Postal Rule

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Instantaneous Communication - Entores Ltd v Miles Far East Coporation 1955

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Battle of The Forms

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Butler Machine Tool LTd v Ex-Cell-O Corp

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Definition of Consideration

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Currie v Misa 1875 and Dunlop v Selfridge 1915

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Rules on Consideration

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Consideration must move from the promise - Dunlop v Selfridge

Past Consideration - Re Mcardle 1951

Consideration must be Sufficient - Thomas v Thomas

Need not Be adequate - Chappell v Nestle 1960

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Exception to past consideration

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Doctrine of Implied Assumpsit Lampleigh v Braithwait 1615

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Rules regarding Performance of an existing duty not being good consideration

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Existing Public Duty - Collins v Godefroy 1831

Contractual Duty - Hartley v Ponsonby 1857

Contractual Duty to Pay Debts - Pinnels Case 1602

Contractual Duty to A third Party - Scotson v Pegg 1861

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Rebuttable Presumptions

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Social - Jones v Padavatton

Rebutted in Meritt v Merritt 1970 and Simpkins v Pays 1955

Business - Edmonds v Lawson 2000

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Honour Clauses

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Rose and Frank v J R Crompton 1925

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Distinguishing between a Representation and Term

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Importance attached to the Statement - Bannerman v White 1861

Reduction into Writing - Birch v Paramount Estates Ltd 1956

Passage of Time between statement and contract - Routledge v mckay 1954

Specialist Skills Oscar - Chess v Williams

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Incorporation of Terms

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Signature - L'Estrange v Graucob 1934

Notice - Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel 1949

Course of Dealings - Hollier v Rambler Motors 1972

Common Understanding of the Parties - British Crane Hire Corp Ltd v Ipswich Plan Hire 1975

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Implied Terms

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Implied by Law - Liverpool City Council v Irwin 1976

The Business Efficacy Test - The Moorcock 1889

Official Bystander Test - Shirlaw v Southern Foundries 1926 Ltd 1939

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Condition, Warranties and Innominate Terms

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Condition - Poussard v Spiers and Pond 1876

Warranty - Bettini v Gye 1876

Innominate Term - Hong Kong Fir Shipping v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisah 1962

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Misrepresentation

Misrepresentation Act 1967

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Fradulent - Derry v Peek 1889

Negligent - Howard Marine and Dredgin Co Ltd v Ogden and Sons Ltd

Innocent

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Remedies for Misrepresentaton

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Negligent - Royscot Trust v Rogerson 1991

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Discharging a Contract by performance

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Acceptance of Partial Performance - Cutter v Powell 1795

Substantial Performance - Hoenig v Isaacs 1952

One Party prevents performance - Planche v Colburn 1831

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Frustration and Frustrating Events

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Destruction of Subject Matter - Taylor v Caldwell 1863

Illness or Death - Condor v Barron Knights 1966

Supervening Illegality - Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v Fairborn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd 1943

Event does not take place - Krell v Henry 1903

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Damages in a contract

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Robinson v Harman 1848

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Requirements for Claiming Damages

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The Loss was not too remote - Hadley v Baxendale 1854

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Damages for Non-pecuniary Losses and Pecuniary Losses

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Loss of enjoyment, Inconvieniance, Distress - Jarvis v Swans Tours Ltd 1973

Pecuniary Loss

Reliance Loss - Anglia TV v Reed 1972

Expectation Loss - Rexley Electronics and Construction Ltd v Forsyth 1996.