Contract Law the Fundamentals

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Description
This text, now in its 6th edition, is written as a student focused text. I have worked to make it as accessible and engaging as possible to reflect this truly fascinating topic. It incorporates several features that I hope will enhance your understanding of the key legal principles. These features are drawn from my years of teaching and student feedback.
The "Hear from the Author" feature provides audio/visual commentary to introduce the fun- damental legal principles and authorities. This innovative feature can be accessed at www. sweetandmaxwell.co.uk\academic. Each chapter includes a summary grid of key cases which should help to consolidate your knowledge and understanding and also help with revision. Further reading at the end of each chapter will also help you identify further resources to support your learning.
The text has been updated throughout to take account of new cases and principles.
An interesting application of the "last shot" principle is provided in TRW Ltd v Panasonic Industry Europe GmbH [2021] EWCA Civ 1558.
The issue of "good faith" continues to be a developing area of interest. The extent to which the courts will imply a duty of "good faith" into an agreement is considered by the Court of Appeal in Candey Ltd v Bosheh [2022] EWCA Civ 1103.
The chapter relating to misrepresentation has been updated following recent consideration of the requirement of "inducement" by the Court of Appeal in SK Shipping Europe Ltd v Capital VLCC 3 Corp (C Challenger) [2022] EWCA Civ 231.
Several chapters have also been revised to make the law more accessible. The chapter relating to consideration has been revised to provide a more straightforward account of the key princi- ples. In particular, the relationship between the Court of Appeal decision in Williams v Roffey Bros [1991] 1 Q.B. 1 and the House of Lords decision in Foakes v Beer (1883–84) L.R. 9 App. Cas. 605 is explained using key summary grids. There are also updates to the chapter on the law of frustration to provide a more practical application of the Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943.
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Contents
1. Introduction to Contract Law
2. Offer and Acceptance
3. Certainty and Intention to Create Legal Relations
4. Consideration and Promissory Estoppel
5. Privity of Contract
6. Terms
7. Exclusion Clauses
8. Misrepresentation
9. Mistake
10. Duress and Undue Influence
11. Illegality
12. Discharge of Obligations : Agreement, Performance and Breach
13. Frustration
14. Damages
15. Other Remedies
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Author Details
Ryan Murray