Objectives

An example of the former is where a person, knowing of a reward offered, finds a lost dog and returns it thereby completing the ...

privity of contract. In essence privity of contract means that only parties to a contract can sue on it. (g) Consideration is no ...

Glasbrook v Glamorgan Council [1925] AC 270 The police force of the council were charged with the protection of a coal mine duri ...

but in full satisfaction and for the debtor to be protected against the creditor claiming the balance at some time in the future ...

3.6 Plaintiff in Contract with Third Party This is the exception to general rule that doing something you are already obliged to ...

(a) Some form of pre-existing legal relationship between the parties under which rights either existed or were expected to be cr ...

existing structure on the site and erect a new building to be leased by Waltons. After discussions between the solicitors for bo ...

store. When F learnt that A was negotiating with a third party it sought an order that A be required to grant it a lease, relyin ...

6.0 TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT What is the presumption that applies to: (a) domestic or social agreements (b) commercial agreement ...

ANSWER TO SELF ASSESSMENT EXERCISE Point-Form Approach The following approach is appropriate to a problem in this area. Point-F ...

7.0 REFERENCES/FURTHER READINGS Carter, JW (1994). Outline of Contract Law, 2nd edn. Sydney: Butterworths. Carter, JW & Harl ...

Vermeesch, RB & Lindgreen, KE (1992). Business Law of Australia. Sydney: Butterworths. Vermeesch, RB & Lindgreen, KE (19 ...

UNIT 3 CONSTRUCTION OF TERMS OF A CONTRACT CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Objectives 3.0 Main Content 3.1 The Form or Type of Con ...

forty per cent of the contract cases decided by Courts involved at least one dispute over the meaning of a term. In this module ...

a. As a matter of policy the courts’ approach to determining whether a contract exists or not is that agreements should be prese ...

‘When I use a word’, Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor les ...

what and whether one party made a promise to the other. The task of the judge is to establish what the scope of the contract is, ...

3.1.3 Exceptions to the Rule There are cases in which extrinsic evidence may be admissible. So whether a contract is wholly in w ...

The consideration for the collateral contract is entry into the main contract. Without that reliance, entry into the main contra ...

3.2 What are Terms of the Contract? 3.2.1 Terms or Representations Once a court has decided as matter of evidence, what statemen ...