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Jahr: 2008
CONTENTS
Preface to the Third edition v
Acknowledgements vii
Guide to Using the Online Resource Centre ix
Table of Cases xxi
Table of Statutes xxxix
Table of Statutory Instruments xliii
Table of Treaties, Conventions, and European Legislation xlv
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1. The Aims of This Book 1
2. The Scope of the Law of Contract 3
3. Transactions 7
4. European Contract Law 8
5. Transnational Contract Law 11
6. Conflicting Policies 13
PART I FORMATION
2 AGREEMENT: OBJECTIVE OR SUBJECTIVE? 21
1. Introduction 21
2. The Objective Theory Illustrated 24
3. The Snapping Up Cases 35
4. The Role of Fault 38
3 OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE 46
1. Introduction 46
(a) General Application 48
(b) The Intention of the Parties 52
(c) The Inter-related Nature of the Rules 53
(d) The Time at which the Contract was Created 53
(e) Offer and Acceptance and the Will Theory of Contract 54
2. Has an Offer Been Made? 56
(a) Advertisements 58
(b) Displays of Goods for Sale in a Shop 65
xii I CONTENTS
(c) Tenders 72
(d) Auction Sales 79
3. What Constitutes an Acceptance? 83
(a) Must the Acceptance Coincide Exactly with the Terms of the Offer? 84
(b) Must the Acceptance be Communicated to the Offeror? 101
(c) Prescribed Method of Acceptance 105
(d) Can Silence Amount to Acceptance? 106
(e) The Postal Rule 109
(f) Acceptance in Unilateral Contracts 117
(g) Acceptance in Ignorance of an Offer 118
4. Has the Offer been Withdrawn or Otherwise Terminated? 120
5. Conclusion 126
4 UNCERTAIN AND INCOMPLETE AGREEMENTS 127
1. Introduction 128
2. Cases in which it has been Held that the Agreement is too
Vague or Uncertain to be Enforced 137
3. Cases in which the Courts have Held the Agreement to be
Valid and Binding 140
(a) Make Use of the Criteria or Machinery that has Been Agreed by the
Parties in Order to Resolve the Uncertainty or to Clarify the Word or
Phrase that is Expressed in Vague Terms 140
(b) The Intervention of Statute 145
(c) Severance 145
(d) Implication of Terms 146
4. Conclusion 147
5 CONSIDERATION AND PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL 149
1. Introduction 150
2. Consideration: Its Scope 151
(a) Consideration Must Be Sufficient 152
(b) The Pre-existing Duty Rule 161
(c) Past Consideration 205
(d) Consideration Must Move From the Promisee 214
(e) Establishing the Necessary Link 214
3. Estoppel: Its Scope 219
(j) Estoppel: A Brief Definition 219
(b) Two Leading Cases 221
(c) The Ingredients of Promissory Estoppel 226
(d) The Different Types of Estoppel 229
CONTENTS I xiii
(e) Unifying the Estoppels 231
(f) Locating Estoppels 248
4. The Future of Consideration 252
6 FORMALITIES 260
1. Introduction 260
2. The Reasons for Formal Requirements 262
3. Formal Requirements in English Contract Law 264
(a) Formal Requirements Which are Sufficient to Render the
Promise Binding 264
(b) Formal Requirements Which are Necessary in Order to Render
a Contract Binding 266
4. The Future of Formal Requirements 271
7 INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATIONS 273
1. Introduction 273
2. Domestic Agreements 274
(a) The Scope of the Presumption 278
(b) Rebutting the Presumption 280
(c) The Rationale Behind the Presumption 281
(d) The Relationship With Consideration 283
3. Social Agreements 284
4. Commercial Agreements 286
(a) Rebuttal of the Presumption 288
(b) Did the Parties Intend to Contract? 290
5. The Future of the Doctrine of Intention to Create Legal Relations 291
PART II TERMS
8 THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT 297
1. Introduction 298
2. Two Preliminary Issues 299
3. Terms and Representations 299
(a) Three Illustrative Cases 301
(b) Drawing the Threads Together 311
4. The Parol Evidence Rule 312
xiv I CONTENTS
9 INCORPORATION OF TERMS 318
1. Introduction 319
2. Incorporation By Signature 319
3. Incorporation By Notice 327
4. Incorporation By Course of Dealing and By Custom 337
10 IMPLIED TERMS 343
1. Introduction 344
2. Terms Implied By Statute 344
3. Terms Implied From Usage or Custom 349
4. Terms Implied By the Courts 352
5. Conclusion 372
11 THE INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS 375
1. Introduction 376
2. The Evolution From Literalism Towards Contextualism 376
3. Lord Hoffmann s Re-Statement 378
4. The Scope of Lord Hoffmann s Principles 382
(a) Revolutions, Discarding the Old Baggage , and the Role of Precedent 382
(b) The Objective Nature of the Test 385
(c) The Factual Matrix 385
(d) The Exclusionary Rules 386
(e) The Meaning is Not a Matter of Dictionaries 389
(f) Something Has Gone Wrong With the Language 389
5. Future Developments? 393
12 BOILERPLATE CLAUSES 395
1. Introduction 395
2. Boilerplate Clauses and Standard Terms 396
3. Boilerplate Clauses—Some Illustrations 400
(a) General Clause 401
(b) Retention of Title Clauses 401
(c) Price Escalation Clauses 402
(d) Interest 402
(e) Force Majeure Clauses 403
(f) Choice of Law Clauses 405
(g) Arbitration Clauses 406
(h) Jurisdiction Clauses 407
CONTENTS I XV
(i) Hardship Clauses 408
(j) Entire Agreement Clauses 408
(k) Termination Clauses 409
(1) Assignment 409
(m) Exclusion and Limitation Clauses 410
13 EXCLUSION CLAUSES 411
1. Introduction 412
2. Interpretation 414
(a) Excluding Liability in Negligence 417
(b) Fundamental Breach 424
(c) Limitation Clauses 426
(d) Indirect or Consequential Loss 426
3. The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 428
4. Two Illustrative Cases 452
5. Conclusion: Defence or Definition? 463
14 UNFAIR TERMS IN CONSUMER CONTRACTS
REGULATIONS I999 467
1. Introduction 468
2. Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 469
3. Director General of Fair Trading v. First National Bank 485
4. Enforcement of the Regulations 493
5. The Future 496
15 GOOD FAITH 500
1. Introduction 501
2. Walford v. Miles 502
3. Good Faith: The Negative View 510
4. Good Faith: The Neutral View 512
5. Good Faith: The Positive View 514
6. Good Faith: The Different Models 518
PART III SETTING THE CONTRACT ASIDE
16 MISTAKE 525
1. Introduction 526
2. Mistake: The Difficulties 527
xvi I CONTENTS
3. Mistakes and Formation 529
(a) Knowledge of a Mistake as to the Terms of the Contract 529
(b) Latent Ambiguity 530
(c) Mistake as to Identity 531
4. Common Mistake 548
5. Mistake in Equity 566
6. Rectification 574
7. Non Est Factum 579
17 MISREPRESENTATION 585
1. Introduction 586
2. What is a Misrepresentation? 587
(a) Statements of Opinion 589
(b) Statements of Intention and Inducement 592
(c) Statements Made by Conduct 595
3. Duty of Disclosure 600
4. Rescission 605
(a) What is Rescission and When is it Available? 605
(b) Loss of the Right to Rescind 611
5. Damages 617
(a) Section 2(1) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 617
(b) Common Law Negligence 626
(c) Deceit 626
(d) Section 2(2) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 628
(e) Rescission and an Indemnity 632
6. Exclusion of Liability for Misrepresentation 633
18 DURESS 636
1. Introduction 637
2. Duress of the Person 638
3. Duress of Goods 643
4. Economic Duress 645
5. Conclusion 662
(a) Lack of Consent 662
(b) Illegitimacy 669
19 UNDUE INFLUENCE 671
1. Introduction 672
CONTENTS I xvii
2. Three-party Cases 675
3. Two Leading Cases 676
4. The Vost-Etridge Cases 691
20 UNCONSCIONABILITY AND INEQUALITY OF
BARGAINING POWER 698
1. Introduction 698
2. Unfairness in the Cases 700
3. The Role of Statutes 704
4. A General Principle? 705
5. The Search for Coherence 707
21 FRUSTRATION AND FORCE MAJEURE 714
1. Introduction 715
2. Construction of the Contract 724
3. Foreseeable Events 726
4. Self-Induced Frustration 730
5. Frustrating Events 737
(a) Impossibility 737
(b) Illegality 738
(c) Frustration of Purpose 738
6. The Effects of Frustration 744
7. The Basis of Frustration 758
PART IV REMEDIES FOR BREACH
22 BREACH OF CONTRACT AND TERMINATION 769
1. Introduction 770
2. What is a Breach of Contract? 770
3. The Existence of a Right to Terminate 773
(a) Breach of a Condition 774
(b) Breach of a Warranty 789
(c) Breach of an Intermediate Term 790
(d) Making the Choice 796
(e) Termination Clauses 806
(f) The Relevance of Good Faith 811
(g) Some Comparative Reflections 814
xviii I CONTENTS
4. Election 816
5. Loss of the Right to Terminate 817
6. Anticipatory Breach 819
23 DAMAGES 829
1. Introduction 830
2. Damages: The Different Measures 831
3. The Performance Interest 840
4. The Reliance Interest 867
5. The Restitution Interest 873
6. Non-pecuniary Losses 875
7. The Date of Assessment 887
8. Limiting the Protection of the Performance Interest 889
(a) Remoteness 889
(b) Mitigation 908
(c) Contributory Negligence 910
9. Account of Profits 916
10. Punitive Damages 926
11. Agreed Damages Clauses 927
12. Deposits and Part Payments 933
24 SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE 939
1. What is Specific Performance? 939
2. Specific Performance and the Adequacy of Damages 940
3. The Range of Factors to which the Courts Will Have Regard 943
(a) Personal Service Contracts 944
(b) Mutuality 946
(c) Undue hardship 947
4. Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd v. Argyll Stores (Holdings) Ltd 949
5. Future Directions 960
PART V THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
25 THIRD PARTIES 967
1. Introduction 968
2. Contract Structures 969
3. Third Parties and the Acquisition of Contractual Rights 971
CONTENTS I xix
(a) The General Rule at Common Law. Third Parties Have No
Right of Action 972
(b) The Rights of the Promisee 978
(c) The Exceptions to Privity 997
(d) Third Parties, Exclusion Clauses, and Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses 1006
(e) The Case For Reform 1022
(f) Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 1029
4. Third Parties and the Imposition of Liabilities 1046
5. Conclusion 1050
Index 1053
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Titel: Contract law
Autor: McKendrick, Ewan
Jahr: 2008
CONTENTS
Preface to the Third edition v
Acknowledgements vii
Guide to Using the Online Resource Centre ix
Table of Cases xxi
Table of Statutes xxxix
Table of Statutory Instruments xliii
Table of Treaties, Conventions, and European Legislation xlv
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1. The Aims of This Book 1
2. The Scope of the Law of Contract 3
3. Transactions 7
4. European Contract Law 8
5. Transnational Contract Law 11
6. Conflicting Policies 13
PART I FORMATION
2 AGREEMENT: OBJECTIVE OR SUBJECTIVE? 21
1. Introduction 21
2. The Objective Theory Illustrated 24
3. The 'Snapping Up' Cases 35
4. The Role of Fault 38
3 OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE 46
1. Introduction 46
(a) General Application 48
(b) The Intention of the Parties 52
(c) The Inter-related Nature of the Rules 53
(d) The Time at which the Contract was Created 53
(e) Offer and Acceptance and the'Will Theory'of Contract 54
2. Has an Offer Been Made? 56
(a) Advertisements 58
(b) Displays of Goods for Sale in a Shop 65
xii I CONTENTS
(c) Tenders 72
(d) Auction Sales 79
3. What Constitutes an Acceptance? 83
(a) Must the Acceptance Coincide Exactly with the Terms of the Offer? 84
(b) Must the Acceptance be Communicated to the Offeror? 101
(c) Prescribed Method of Acceptance 105
(d) Can Silence Amount to Acceptance? 106
(e) The Postal Rule 109
(f) Acceptance in Unilateral Contracts 117
(g) Acceptance in Ignorance of an Offer 118
4. Has the Offer been Withdrawn or Otherwise Terminated? 120
5. Conclusion 126
4 UNCERTAIN AND INCOMPLETE AGREEMENTS 127
1. Introduction 128
2. Cases in which it has been Held that the Agreement is too
Vague or Uncertain to be Enforced 137
3. Cases in which the Courts have Held the Agreement to be
Valid and Binding 140
(a) Make Use of the Criteria or Machinery that has Been Agreed by the
Parties in Order to Resolve the Uncertainty or to Clarify the Word or
Phrase that is Expressed in Vague Terms 140
(b) The Intervention of Statute 145
(c) Severance 145
(d) Implication of Terms 146
4. Conclusion 147
5 CONSIDERATION AND PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL 149
1. Introduction 150
2. Consideration: Its Scope 151
(a) Consideration Must Be Sufficient 152
(b) The Pre-existing Duty Rule 161
(c) Past Consideration 205
(d) Consideration Must Move From the Promisee 214
(e) Establishing the Necessary Link 214
3. Estoppel: Its Scope 219
(j) Estoppel: A Brief Definition 219
(b) Two Leading Cases 221
(c) The Ingredients of Promissory Estoppel 226
(d) The Different Types of Estoppel 229
CONTENTS I xiii
(e) Unifying the Estoppels 231
(f) Locating Estoppels 248
4. The Future of Consideration 252
6 FORMALITIES 260
1. Introduction 260
2. The Reasons for Formal Requirements 262
3. Formal Requirements in English Contract Law 264
(a) Formal Requirements Which are Sufficient to Render the
Promise Binding 264
(b) Formal Requirements Which are Necessary in Order to Render
a Contract Binding 266
4. The Future of Formal Requirements 271
7 INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATIONS 273
1. Introduction 273
2. Domestic Agreements 274
(a) The Scope of the Presumption 278
(b) Rebutting the Presumption 280
(c) The Rationale Behind the Presumption 281
(d) The Relationship With Consideration 283
3. Social Agreements 284
4. Commercial Agreements 286
(a) Rebuttal of the Presumption 288
(b) Did the Parties Intend to Contract? 290
5. The Future of the Doctrine of Intention to Create Legal Relations 291
PART II TERMS
8 THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT 297
1. Introduction 298
2. Two Preliminary Issues 299
3. Terms and Representations 299
(a) Three Illustrative Cases 301
(b) Drawing the Threads Together 311
4. The Parol Evidence Rule 312
xiv I CONTENTS
9 INCORPORATION OF TERMS 318
1. Introduction 319
2. Incorporation By Signature 319
3. Incorporation By Notice 327
4. Incorporation By Course of Dealing and By Custom 337
10 IMPLIED TERMS 343
1. Introduction 344
2. Terms Implied By Statute 344
3. Terms Implied From Usage or Custom 349
4. Terms Implied By the Courts 352
5. Conclusion 372
11 THE INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS 375
1. Introduction 376
2. The Evolution From Literalism Towards Contextualism 376
3. Lord Hoffmann's Re-Statement 378
4. The Scope of Lord Hoffmann's Principles 382
(a) Revolutions, Discarding the 'Old Baggage', and the Role of Precedent 382
(b) The Objective Nature of the Test 385
(c) The 'Factual Matrix' 385
(d) The Exclusionary Rules 386
(e) The Meaning is Not a Matter of Dictionaries 389
(f) Something Has Gone Wrong With the Language 389
5. Future Developments? 393
12 BOILERPLATE CLAUSES 395
1. Introduction 395
2. Boilerplate Clauses and Standard Terms 396
3. Boilerplate Clauses—Some Illustrations 400
(a) General Clause 401
(b) Retention of Title Clauses 401
(c) Price Escalation Clauses 402
(d) Interest 402
(e) Force Majeure Clauses 403
(f) Choice of Law Clauses 405
(g) Arbitration Clauses 406
(h) Jurisdiction Clauses 407
CONTENTS I XV
(i) Hardship Clauses 408
(j) Entire Agreement Clauses 408
(k) Termination Clauses 409
(1) Assignment 409
(m) Exclusion and Limitation Clauses 410
13 EXCLUSION CLAUSES 411
1. Introduction 412
2. Interpretation 414
(a) Excluding Liability in Negligence 417
(b) Fundamental Breach 424
(c) Limitation Clauses 426
(d) Indirect or Consequential Loss 426
3. The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 428
4. Two Illustrative Cases 452
5. Conclusion: Defence or Definition? 463
14 UNFAIR TERMS IN CONSUMER CONTRACTS
REGULATIONS I999 467
1. Introduction 468
2. Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 469
3. Director General of Fair Trading v. First National Bank 485
4. Enforcement of the Regulations 493
5. The Future 496
15 GOOD FAITH 500
1. Introduction 501
2. Walford v. Miles 502
3. Good Faith: The Negative View 510
4. Good Faith: The Neutral View 512
5. Good Faith: The Positive View 514
6. Good Faith: The Different Models 518
PART III SETTING THE CONTRACT ASIDE
16 MISTAKE 525
1. Introduction 526
2. Mistake: The Difficulties 527
xvi I CONTENTS
3. Mistakes and Formation 529
(a) Knowledge of a Mistake as to the Terms of the Contract 529
(b) Latent Ambiguity 530
(c) Mistake as to Identity 531
4. Common Mistake 548
5. Mistake in Equity 566
6. Rectification 574
7. Non Est Factum 579
17 MISREPRESENTATION 585
1. Introduction 586
2. What is a Misrepresentation? 587
(a) Statements of Opinion 589
(b) Statements of Intention and Inducement 592
(c) Statements Made by Conduct 595
3. Duty of Disclosure 600
4. Rescission 605
(a) What is Rescission and When is it Available? 605
(b) Loss of the Right to Rescind 611
5. Damages 617
(a) Section 2(1) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 617
(b) Common Law Negligence 626
(c) Deceit 626
(d) Section 2(2) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 628
(e) Rescission and an 'Indemnity' 632
6. Exclusion of Liability for Misrepresentation 633
18 DURESS 636
1. Introduction 637
2. Duress of the Person 638
3. Duress of Goods 643
4. Economic Duress 645
5. Conclusion 662
(a) Lack of Consent 662
(b) Illegitimacy 669
19 UNDUE INFLUENCE 671
1. Introduction 672
CONTENTS I xvii
2. Three-party Cases 675
3. Two Leading Cases 676
4. The Vost-Etridge Cases 691
20 UNCONSCIONABILITY AND INEQUALITY OF
BARGAINING POWER 698
1. Introduction 698
2. Unfairness in the Cases 700
3. The Role of Statutes 704
4. A General Principle? 705
5. The Search for Coherence 707
21 FRUSTRATION AND FORCE MAJEURE 714
1. Introduction 715
2. Construction of the Contract 724
3. Foreseeable Events 726
4. Self-Induced Frustration 730
5. Frustrating Events 737
(a) Impossibility 737
(b) Illegality 738
(c) Frustration of Purpose 738
6. The Effects of Frustration 744
7. The Basis of Frustration 758
PART IV REMEDIES FOR BREACH
22 BREACH OF CONTRACT AND TERMINATION 769
1. Introduction 770
2. What is a Breach of Contract? 770
3. The Existence of a Right to Terminate 773
(a) Breach of a Condition 774
(b) Breach of a Warranty 789
(c) Breach of an Intermediate Term 790
(d) Making the Choice 796
(e) Termination Clauses 806
(f) The Relevance of Good Faith 811
(g) Some Comparative Reflections 814
xviii I CONTENTS
4. Election 816
5. Loss of the Right to Terminate 817
6. Anticipatory Breach 819
23 DAMAGES 829
1. Introduction 830
2. Damages: The Different Measures 831
3. The Performance Interest 840
4. The Reliance Interest 867
5. The Restitution Interest 873
6. Non-pecuniary Losses 875
7. The Date of Assessment 887
8. Limiting the Protection of the Performance Interest 889
(a) Remoteness 889
(b) Mitigation 908
(c) Contributory Negligence 910
9. Account of Profits 916
10. Punitive Damages 926
11. Agreed Damages Clauses 927
12. Deposits and Part Payments 933
24 SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE 939
1. What is Specific Performance? 939
2. Specific Performance and the Adequacy of Damages 940
3. The Range of Factors to which the Courts Will Have Regard 943
(a) Personal Service Contracts 944
(b) Mutuality 946
(c) Undue hardship 947
4. Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd v. Argyll Stores (Holdings) Ltd 949
5. Future Directions 960
PART V THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
25 THIRD PARTIES 967
1. Introduction 968
2. Contract Structures 969
3. Third Parties and the Acquisition of Contractual Rights 971
CONTENTS I xix
(a) The General Rule at Common Law. Third Parties Have No
Right of Action 972
(b) The Rights of the Promisee 978
(c) The Exceptions to Privity 997
(d) Third Parties, Exclusion Clauses, and Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses 1006
(e) The Case For Reform 1022
(f) Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 1029
4. Third Parties and the Imposition of Liabilities 1046
5. Conclusion 1050
Index 1053
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