Contract Law Summary Bundle

Comprehensive summary/exam notes on the rules surrounding breaching terms of a contract in Contract Law. This document covers anticipatory breach, the possibility of termination following breach of a condition, warranty or innominate term, damages following breach (expectation interest, reliance int...

Comprehensive summary/exam notes on consideration and estoppel in Contract Law. This document covers whether performance of a contractual duty owed to the promisor, performance of a duty imposed by law, past payment of a debt, and past consideration can be sufficient consideration, as well as the pr...

Comprehensive summary/exam notes on the rules surrounding frustration of contract in Contract Law. This document covers the basis of frustration (illegality, impossibility, frustration of purpose), factors excluding frustration (express provision, foreseen/foreseeable events, self-induced frustratio...

Comprehensive summary/exam notes on the rules surrounding implied and express terms in Contract Law. This document covers the incorporation of express terms (notice, contained or referred to in a document, and reasonable steps to bring the terms to the attention of the other party), terms implied by...

Comprehensive summary/exam notes on misrepresentation in Contract Law. This document covers the three elements of misrepresentation (statement of existing law/fact, addressed to the party misled, and inducement), the three types of misrepresentation (fraudulent, negligent and innocent), the two reme...

Comprehensive summary/exam notes on the rules surrounding mistake in Contract Law. This document covers offer and acceptance mistake (latent ambiguity, mistake as to terms, mistake as to identity), common mistake (mistake as to existence of subject matter, mistake as to quality) and non est factum.

Comprehensive summary/exam notes on the rights of third parties in Contract Law. This document covers the provisions of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, the rules on variation and rescission of contract and avoiding double liability, and whether the promisee can recover on behalf of...

Comprehensive summary/exam notes on unequal bargaining power in Contract Law. This document covers duress (duress to the person, duress to goods and economic duress), and undue influence (actual and presumed undue influence following the case of Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge).

Comprehensive summary/exam notes on the rules surrounding unfair contract terms in Contract Law. This document covers unfair terms in consumer contracts (under Consumer Rights Act 2015) and non-consumer contracts (under Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977).

Comprehensive summary/exam notes on unilateral contracts in Contract Law. This document covers the case of Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball, the rules regarding offer, acceptance and consideration in unilateral contracts, and the extent of recovery in relation to such contracts (specifically an action ...