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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Preface to the Fourth Edition v
Acknowledgements vjj
Guide to Using the Online Resource Centre
ix
Table of Cases
χ^
Table of Statutes
xxxiii
Table of Statutory Instruments
xxxv
Table of Treaties, Conventions, and European Legislation
xxxvii
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
10
6.
Conflicting Policies
11
PART I FORMATION
2
AGREEMENT: OBJECTIVE OR SUBJECTIVE?
19
1.
Introduction
19
2.
The Objective Theory Illustrated
22
3.
The Snapping Up Cases
33
4.
The Role of Fault
36
3
OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE
44
1.
Introduction
44
(a) General Application
46
(b) The Intention of the Parties 50
(c) The Inter-related Nature of the Rules
51
(d) The Time at which the Contract was Created
51
(e) Offer and Acceptance and the Will Theory of Contract
52
2.
Has an Offer Been Made? 54
(a) Advertisements
63
(b) Displays of Goods for Sale in a Shop
xii
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(c)
Tenders
70
(d)
Auction Sales
77
3.
What Constitutes an Acceptance?
81
(a) Must the Acceptance Coincide Exactly with the Terms of
the Offer?
82
(b) Must the Acceptance be Communicated to the Offerer?
99
(c) Prescribed Method of Acceptance
103
(d) Can Silence Amount to Acceptance?
104
(e) The Postal Rule
107
(f) Acceptance in Unilateral Contracts
115
(g) Acceptance in Ignorance of an Offer
117
4.
Has the Offer been Withdrawn or Otherwise Terminated?
118
5.
Conclusion
124
4
UNCERTAIN AND INCOMPLETE AGREEMENTS
126
1.
Introduction
127
2.
Cases in which it has been Held that the Agreement is
Too Vague or Uncertain to be Enforced
136
3.
Cases in which the Courts have Held the Agreement to be
Valid and Binding
138
(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
139
(b) The Intervention of Statute
144
(c) Severance
144
(d) Implication of Terms
145
4.
Conclusion
146
5
CONSIDERATION AND PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL
148
1.
Introduction
149
2.
Consideration: Its Scope
150
(a) Consideration Must Be Sufficient
151
(b) The Pre-existing Duty Rule
161
(c) Past Consideration
203
(d) Consideration Must Move From the Promisee
212
(e) Establishing the Necessary Link
212
3.
Estoppel: Its Scope
217
(a) Estoppel: A Brief Definition
217
(b) Two Leading Cases
219
(c) The Ingredients of Promissory Estoppel
224
CONTENTS
I
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(d)
The Different Types of Estoppel
228
(e) Unifying the Estoppels
230
(f) Locating Estoppels
246
4.
The Future of Consideration
250
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
287
(a) Rebuttal of the Presumption
289
(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
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9
INCORPORATION OF TERMS
317
1.
Introduction
318
2.
Incorporation By Signature
318
3.
Incorporation By Notice
326
4.
Incorporation By Course of Dealing and By Custom
335
10
IMPLIED TERMS
341
1.
Introduction
342
2.
Terms Implied By Statute
342
3.
Terms Implied From Usage or Custom
347
4.
Terms Implied By the Courts
350
(a) Terms Implied in Fact
351
(b) Terms Implied in Law
357
5.
Conclusion
370
11
THE INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS
374
1.
Introduction
375
2.
The Evolution From Literalism Towards Contextualism
375
3.
Lord Hoffmanns Re-Statement
377
4.
The Scope of Lord Hoffmann s Principles
380
(a) Revolutions, Discarding the Old Baggage , and the Role
of Precedent
381
(b) The Objective Nature of the Test
383
(c) The Factual Matrix
384
(d) The Exclusionary Rules
385
(e) The Meaning is Not a Matter of Dictionaries
386
(f) Something Has Gone Wrong With the Language
387
5.
Future Developments?
390
12
BOILERPLATE CLAUSES
391
1.
Introduction
391
2.
Boilerplate Clauses and Standard Terms
392
3.
Boilerplate Clauses—Some Illustrations
396
(a) General Clause
396
(b) Retention of Title Clauses
397
(c) Price Escalation Clauses
398
(d) Interest
398
CONTENTS
I
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(e)
Force Majeure Clauses
399
(f)
Choice of Law
Clauses
400
(g)
Arbitration Clauses
401
(h)
Jurisdiction Clauses
403
(i) Hardship Clauses
403
(j) Entire Agreement Clauses
404
(k) Termination Clauses
405
(1)
Assignment
405
(m) Exclusion and Limitation Clauses
405
13
EXCLUSION CLAUSES
406
1.
Introduction
407
2.
Interpretation
409
(a) Excluding Liability in Negligence
412
(b) Fundamental Breach
419
(c) Limitation Clauses
420
(d) Indirect or Consequential Loss
421
3.
The Unfair Contract Terms Act
1977 422
4.
Two Illustrative Cases
447
5.
Conclusion: Defence or Definition?
458
14
UNFAIR TERMS IN CONSUMER CONTRACTS
REGULATIONS
1999 462
1.
Introduction
463
2.
Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations
1999 464
3.
Director General of Fair Trading v. First National Bank
480
4.
Enforcement of the Regulations
488
5.
The Future
491
15
GOOD FAITH
496
1.
Introduction
497
2.
Walford v. Miles
498
3.
Good Faith: The Negative View
506
4.
Good Faith: The Neutral View
508
5.
Good Faith: The Positive View
510
6.
Good Faith: The Different Models
513
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PART III SETTING THE CONTRACT ASIDE
16
MISTAKE
521
1.
Introduction
522
2.
Mistake: The Difficulties
523
3.
Mistakes and Formation
525
(a) Knowledge of a Mistake as to the Terms of the Contract
525
(b) Latent Ambiguity
526
(c) Mistake as to Identity
527
4.
Common Mistake
544
5.
Mistake in Equity
559
6.
Rectification
567
7.
Nom Est Factum
572
17
MISREPRESENTATION
579
1.
Introduction
580
2.
What is a Misrepresentation?
581
(a) Statements of Opinion
583
(b) Statements of Intention and Inducement
586
(c) Statements Made by Conduct
588
3.
Duty of Disclosure
593
4.
Rescission
597
(a) What is Rescission and When is it Available?
597
(b) Loss of the Right to Rescind
604
5.
Damages
609
(a) Section
2(1)
of the Misrepresentation Act
1967
609
(b) Common Law Negligence
618
(c) Deceit
619
(d) Section
2(2)
of the Misrepresentation Act
1967
620
(e) Rescission and an Indemnity
624
6.
Exclusion of Liability for Misrepresentation
624
18
DURESS
627
1.
Introduction
628
2.
Duress of the Person
629
3.
Duress of Goods
634
4.
Economic Duress
636
5.
Conclusion
652
CONTENTS
I
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(a) Lack of Consent
652
(b) Illegitimacy
659
19
UNDUE INFLUENCE
661
1.
Introduction
662
2.
Three-party Cases
665
3.
Two Leading Cases
666
4.
The YOst-Etridge Cases
681
20
UNCONSCIONABILITY AND INEQUALITY OF
BARGAINING POWER
687
1.
Introduction
687
2.
Unfairness in the Cases
689
3.
The Role of Statutes
693
4.
A General Principle?
694
5.
The Search for Coherence
696
21
FRUSTRATION AND FORCE
MAJEURE
703
1.
Introduction
704
2.
Construction of the Contract
714
3.
Foreseeable Events
716
4.
Self-Induced Frustration
719
5.
Frustrating Events
726
(a) Impossibility
726
(b) Illegality
726
(c) Frustration of Purpose
727
6.
The Effects of Frustration
733
7.
The Basis of Frustration
747
PART IV REMEDIES FOR BREACH
22
BREACH OF CONTRACT AND TERMINATION
757
1.
Introduction
758
2.
What is a Breach of Contract?
758
3.
The Existence of a Right to Terminate
761
(a) Breach of a Condition
762
(b) Breach of a Warranty
777
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(c)
Breach of an Intermediate Term
778
(d) Making the Choice
784
(e) Termination Clauses
794
(f) The Relevance of Good Faith
798
(g) Some Comparative Reflections
801
4.
Election
803
5.
Loss of the Right to Terminate
804
6.
Anticipatory Breach
805
23
DAMAGES
816
1.
Introduction
817
2.
Damages: The Different Measures
818
3.
The Performance Interest
827
4.
The Reliance Interest
853
5.
The Restitution Interest
859
6.
Non-pecuniary Losses
860
7.
The Date of Assessment
872
8.
Limiting the Protection of the Performance Interest
873
(a) Remoteness
874
(b) Mitigation
899
(c) Contributory Negligence
901
9.
Account of Profits
907
10.
Punitive Damages
917
11.
Agreed Damages Clauses
919
12.
Deposits and Part Payments
925
24
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
930
1.
What is Specific Performance?
930
2.
Specific Performance and the Adequacy of Damages
931
3.
The Range of Factors to which the Courts Will Have Regard
934
(a) Personal Service Contracts
935
(b) Mutuality
937
(c) Undue hardship
938
4.
Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd v. Argyll Stores (Holdings) Ltd
940
5.
Future Directions
950
CONTENTS
I
xix
PART V THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
25
THIRD PARTIES
957
1.
Introduction
958
2.
Contract Structures
959
3.
Third Parties and the Acquisition of Contractual Rights
961
(a) The General Rule at Common Law: Third Parties Have
No Right of Action
962
(b) The Rights of the Promisee
968
(c) The Exceptions to Privity
986
(d) Third Parties, Exclusion Clauses, and Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses
995
(e) The Case For Reform
1009
(f
)
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act
1999 1016
4.
Third Parties and the Imposition of Liabilities
1033
5.
Conclusion
1037
Index
1039
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