implying a trust 139
impossibility 217
incorporation of terms 95, 245
indemnity 178
inducement 174
inequality of bargaining power
162, 236
injunction 229
innominate term 113
intention to create legal
relations 67
intoxication 78
invitation to treat 10judicial precedent as a source
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communication 284
information technology 285
working with others 286
problem solving 288
improve own learning
performance 288land as the subject of a contract
sale of 1, 35
restrictive covenant 137
lapse of offer 16
lapse of time in
misrepresentation 180
legal intent 67
limitation clause 119, 233
liquidated damages 226machines, dealing with 36
main purpose rule 121
market rule 227
mental disability 78
mental distress 227
merchantable quality 239
minors 77, 80
misrepresentation 166
mistake 185
mitigation 229
moral issues 262
multipartite contract 36
mutual mistake 190necessaries 80
negligence 247
non est factum 195
non-pecuniary loss 227
notice of terms 97objective approach 2
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offer and acceptance 7
offer 7
‘official bystander’ test 104
oral contracts, implied terms 97
parol evidence rule 102
part payment of a debt 56
partial performance 213
passing of property 237
past consideration 49
penalty clause 226
performance
discharge 211
of an existing duty 52
partial 213
substantial 212
time of 213
vicarious 214
policy issues 263
post, acceptance by 27
postal rule 28
precedent 265
previous dealings 99, 103
privity 132
product liability 243
promissory estoppel 59
promotional campaigns 37quality of subject matter,
mistake over 188
quantum meruit 213
reasonableness in contract
terms 123, 247
rectification 196
remedies
general 209, 225
for misrepresentation 174
remoteness of damage 228
representation 95, 166
repudiation on breach 110, 225
request for information 15
res extincta 186
rescission 179, 229
restitution in minors’ contracts
88
restitution impossible 180
restraint of trade 201
restrictive covenants 137
revocation of an offer 17
reward cases 25
rule of privity 132sale of goods and services 237
sale of land 1, 35
satisfactory quality 239
‘shopping principles’ 12
silence
in acceptance 23
and misrepresentation 166
social and domestic
arrangements 67
sources of contract law 265
specific performance 229
statutes as a source of law 266
stop now orders 230
substantial performance 212
sufficiency of consideration 47
supervening third party right
181
synoptic assessment 266telegrams, acceptance by 29
telex, acceptance by 29
tender 34
termination of an offer 13
terms of a contract 93
conditions and warranties
109
implied 102
incorporation of 95, 120
innominate 113
types of 109
threats to person and property
149, 150
‘ticket’ cases 98
time of notice 100
time of performance 213
title (ownership)
implied term 239
mistake as to 187
tort 141, 178, 247
types of contractual terms 109uberrima fides 173
undue influence 154
unfair contract terms 122, 245
unilateral contract 9
unilateral mistake 191
unsolicited goods 25vicarious performance 214
vitiating factors 147warranties 109, 215
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