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Contract law is a very complex area, one that affects us all, in one way or another. Quite often we find ourselves in need of clear advice which isn't available. However, this latest edition of A Straightforward Guide to Contract Law provides clear and comprehensive answers to all aspects of contract law and the formation of contracts, along with legal remedies when things go wrong. The book is concise and clear and updates the law to 2021.

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Publié par	Straightforward Publishing
Date de parution	25 février 2021
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781913776916
Langue	English

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A STRAIGHTFORWARD GUIDE TO CONTRACT LAW
Peter Clarke
Editor: Roger Sproston
Straightforward Guides www.straightforwardco.co.uk
Straightforward Guides
Straightforward Co Ltd 2021
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electronic or mechanical, photocopying or other wise, without the prior permission of the copyright holder.
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ISBN: 978-1-913776-03-9 ePUB ISBN: 978-1-913776-91-6 Kindle ISBN: 978-1-913776-82-4
Printed in the United Kingdom by 4edge www.4edge.co.uk
Cover Design by BW Studios
Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this book is accurate at the time of going to print, the author and publisher recognise that the information can become out of date. The book is therefore sold on the understanding that no responsibility for errors and omissions is assumed and no responsibility is held for the information held within.
Contents
Table of cases
Chapter 1. Introduction
COVID 19 and the effects on contract law
The necessity of contract law
Contract law-a brief history
Freedom of contract
Contracts and the notion of fairness
The objective approach
Chapter 2. Forming a Contract
The nature of contracts
The notion of offer and acceptance
The invitation to treat
Retailers websites
Offers of sale in shops
Contracts and advertisement
Bilateral contracts
Communication of offers
The length of time an offer should last
Acceptance of an offer
Communicating acceptance of an offer
Ignorance of the offer
Tenders, auctions and the sale of land
Certainty of contract
Terms implied into contract by statute
Intention to create legal relations
Domestic and social agreements
Commercial agreements
The capacity to enter into a contract
Minors and capacity
Corporations
Registered companies
Statutory companies
Chartered corporations
Contracts which must be by deed
Contracts which must be in writing
Electronic contracts
Chapter 3. Consideration and Contracts
Promisor and Promisee
Executory and executed consideration
The rules of consideration
Performance of an existing duty
Existing public duty
Existing contractual duty to the promisor
Existing contractual duty to a third party
Waiver and promissory estoppel
Agreement by deed
Chapter 4. Terms of Contracts
Express terms of contracts
Oral statements
Written terms of a contract
The parol evidence rule
Rectification
Partially written agreements
Implied terms
Collateral agreements
Construction of express terms in contracts
Implied terms
The classification of contractual terms
Unfair contract terms
Misrepresentation in contracts
Representation and terms of contract
Mistake
Rectification
Refusal of specific performance
Duress
Chapter 5. Errors and contracts
The general principles
Common mistake
Mistake as to title
Mistaken identity
Mistake over the terms of the contract
Mistakes relating to documents
Mutual and unilateral mistakes
Mistakes in equity
Rectification
Chapter 6. Contracts and illegality
Illegal mode of performance
Contracts violating legal rules
Breach of common law
Breach of legislation
Contracts in restraint of trade
Employee restraint
Vendor restraint
Agreements between merchants and the trade
Wagering contracts
Competition law
Contracts against public policy
Contracts prejudicial to public safety
The effect of an illegal contract
Chapter 7. Duress and Undue Influence
Duress
Threats of violence
Threats of unlawful restraint
Threats to property
Compulsion or coercion of the will
Undue influence
Inequality of bargaining power
Illegitimate pressure
Manifest disadvantage
Chapter 8. Third Party Rights
The rights of third parties
Express provision in the contract
Contract confers a benefit on a third party
Consent to variations
Common law exceptions
Agency
Assignment
Novation and assignment
Collateral contracts
Chapter 9. Discharge of a Contract
Performance under contract
Mitigation of the entire performance rule
Substantial performance
Severable contracts
Prevention of performance by one party
Breach of terms concerning time
Force majeure
Frustration of contract
Impossible to fulfill contract
Death of either party to the contract
Method of performance impossible
Illegality
Performance made pointless
Time of frustrating event
Limits to the doctrine of frustration
When the event was foreseeable
Breach of contract
Agreement
Consideration
Formalities
Remedies for breach of contract
Chapter 10. Remedies for Breach of Contract
Damages
Causation
Remoteness
Mitigation
Calculating any loss
Action for an agreed sum
Restitution
Equitable remedies
Specific performance
Injunctions
Remedies agreed by the parties
Consumer contracts and breaches/the Competition and Markets Authority
Glossary of terms
Index
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Table of Cases (Alphabetical Order)
Adams v Lindsell (1818)
36
Allcard v Skinner 1887
100
Amalgamated InvestmentLtd v John Walker and sons Ltd (1977).
78-124
Anderson v Daniel (1924)
86
Armhouse Lee Ltd v Chappell (1996)
93
Atlas express v Kafco (1989)
103
Balfour v Balfour (1919)
41
Bank of Credit and Commerece v Aboody (1989)
100-102
Barton and Armstrong (1975)
75 98
Benningfield v Baxter 1886
100
Bettini v Gye (1876)
68
Beswick v Beswick (1968)
134
Blackpool and Fylde v Blackpool Borough Council (1990)
37
Bolton v Mahadevta (1972)
114
Boulton v Jones (1857)
83
Bowerman v Association of British Travel
29
British Concrete Ltd v Scheff 1921
91
British Road Services v Crutchley (Arthur V) Ltd (1968)
34
Bull v Pitney Downs Ltd (1966)
91
Butler Machine Tool v Ex-Cell-O Corporation (1978)
32
Canary Wharf (BP4) T1 Ltd v European Medicines Agency (2019)
119
Car and Universal Finance Co Ltd v Caldwell (1965)
72
Carlill v Carbolic Smokeball (1893)
25
Central London Property Trust v High Trees (1947)
59
Chappel v Nestle (1960)
55
Clements v London New rail Co (1894)
43
Cooperative Insurance Society v Argyll Stores Ltd (1997)
134
County Ltd v Girozentrale Securities (1996)
130
Couturier v Hastie (1856)
79
Cundy V Lindsey (1878).
80-83
Cummings v Ince (1847)
99
Currie V Misa (1875)
32-52
Cutter v Powell (1795)
114
Davis Contractors Co Ltd v Fareham UDC (1956)
121
De Francisco v Barnum (1889)
44
Doyle v White City Stadium (1935)
43
Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v New Garage (1915)
137
Eastham v Newcastle United FC (1963)
91
Edwards v Carter (1892)
114
English Hop Growers v Dering (1928)
91
Entorres v Miles Far East (1955)
32-36
Errington v Errington (1952)
34
Esso Petroleum Ltd v Hopes Garage (Stockport) 1968
87
Felthouse v Bundy (1862)
32
Fitch v Dawes (1921)
90
Fisher v Bell (1961)
27
Forster and Sons Ltd v Suggett 1918
89
Frost v Knight (1872)
124
Gibson v Manchester City Council (1979)
26
Good Challenger v Metal Exportimport SA (2004)
50
Guttng v Lynn (1831)
30
Glasbrook Brothers v Glamorgan County Council (1925)
56
Hadley v Baxendale (1854).
131
Hadley v Kemp (1990)
47
Hanover Insurance Brokers Ltd and Christchurch Insurance Brokers v Shapiro (1984)
91
Hartley v Ponsonby (1857)
57
Harvey v Facey (1893)
39
Hartog v Colin and Shields (1939)
82
Henderson v Arthur (1907)
64
Herbert Morris Ltd v Saxeby 1916
90
Hickman v Haynes (1975)
59
Home Counties Dairies v Skilton (1970)
90
Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki (1962)
69
Hughes v Metropolitan Railways Co (1875)
59
Hyde v Wrench (1840)
31-32
Inland Revenue Commissioners v Fry 2001.
30
JA Mont (UK) Ltd v Mills 1993
91
Kings Norton Metal Co v Edridge Merret and Co Ltd (1872)
83
Lancashire Loan Co v Black 1933
100
Levy v Yates (1838).
85
Liverpool Council v Irwin (1977)
67
Lloyds Bank v Bundy (1974).
94
M and S Drapers v Reynolds (1957)
91
Makdesi v Cavendish Square Holdings BV (2013)
137
Mcrae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1951)
133
Mehta v J Pereira Fernades SA (2006)
50
Norden Feldt v Maxim Nordern Feldt Guns and
89 91
North Ocean Shipping Co v Hyundai Shipping (1979) Ammunition (1894)
97
Overy v Paypal (Europe) Ltd 2012.
70
Page One Records Ltd v Britton (1968)
136
Panayiotou v Sony Misic (1994)
92
Partridge v Crittendon (1968).
30
Pau v Lau Yiu Long (1980)
99
Pearce v Buin (1929)
45
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Limited 1953
28
Proform Sports Management Ltd and Another (2006)
44
Raffles V Wichelhaas (1864)
82
Re Moore and Co Ltd and Landaur and Co (1921)
114
Roscorla v Thomas (1842)
54
Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge (2001)
104
Scammell v Ouston (1941)
33 40
Scotson v Pegg (1861).
58
Shirlaw v Southern Foundries (1926).
67
Scott v Coulson (1993).
79
Schroder Publishing Co Ltd v Stilik Macauley (1977)
91
Shanklin Pier Ltd v Detel Products Ltd (1951).
120
Skeale v Beale (1840)
99
Smith v Hughes (1871)
20
Steinberg v Scala (Leeds) Ltd (1923)
44
Stenhouse (Australia) Ltd v Phelps 1974
90
Superservant Two (1990)
123
Tamplin v James (1879)
75
Taylor v Caldwell (1863)
120
Taylor v Laird (1856)
30
Ward v Byham (1956)
55
Warren V Mendy (1989)
135
Walker v Boyle (1982)
74
Warner Bros Pictures v Nelson (1937)
136
William v Roffey Bros (1991)
57
White v Bluett (1853)
55
Whittington v Seale-Hays (1900)
73
White and Carter Ltd (Councils) v McGregor (1962)
132
Williams v Bayley (1886)
100
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Ch. 1
Introduction to Contract Law
A Straightforward Guide to Contract law updated to January 2021 is a comprehensive and easy to understand introduction to the complex area of contract law.
The book covers key changes to contract law that arise from the introduction of the Consum