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E-raamat: Commonwealth Caribbean Contract Law

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Maria Kodilinye, Gilbert Kodilinye (University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica)

Formaat: 415 pages
Sari: Commonwealth Caribbean Law
Ilmumisaeg: 08-Oct-2013
Kirjastus: Routledge
ISBN-13: 9781135047542

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Formaat: 415 pages
Sari: Commonwealth Caribbean Law
Ilmumisaeg: 08-Oct-2013
Kirjastus: Routledge
ISBN-13: 9781135047542

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The first textbook on Commonwealth Caribbean contract law for undergraduate and sixth form students, Commonwealth Caribbean Contract Law is a new and unrivalled resource on the subject. This textbook utilises Caribbean case law and statutory provisions to provide a clear and immersive path into the study of contract law from a Caribbean perspective. Encompassing fundamental topics such as offer and acceptance, consideration, privity, terms, sale of goods, agency, misrepresentation, undue influence, illegality, discharge and remedies, this book expertly introduces and comprehensively explains all key principles of contractual obligations studied by undergraduate students in the Caribbean, and is relevant to practitioners in a modern and accessible way. An invaluable reference, this book is essential reading for those with an academic or professional interest in Caribbean contract law.Commonwealth Caribbean Contract Law is written by a well-established textbook author who is a professor of law at the University of the West Indies and a solicitor at a leading international law firm based in London.

Preface

Table of Cases

xvii

Table of Statutes

xxxix

1 Introduction

(6)

Nature and Functions of Contract Law

(1)

Freedom of contract

(1)

Sanctity of contracts

(1)

Contract distinguished from tort

(2)

Contract distinguished from trusts

(1)

Reception of the Law of Contract in Commonwealth Caribbean Jurisdictions

(2)

2 Offer and Acceptance

(19)

The Offer

(1)

Supply of information

(2)

Invitation to treat

(2)

Communication of offer

(1)

The Acceptance

(3)

Communication of acceptance

(2)

Termination of offer

(2)

Incomplete agreements

(3)

Intention to Create Legal Relations

(4)

3 Formalities

(8)

Contracts of Guarantee (Suretyship)

(1)

Nature of guarantee

(1)

Guarantee distinguished from indemnity

(1)

Guarantee must be supported by consideration

(1)

Guarantor discharged where loan agreement varied

(1)

Requirement of writing

(1)

Form and content required

(1)

Contracts for the Sale or Lease of Land

(1)

Character and joinder of documents

(1)

Absence of sufficient memorandum

(1)

Part-performance

(3)

4 Consideration

(12)

Definition and Nature of the Doctrine

(1)

Executory and Executed Consideration

(1)

Past Consideration

(1)

Consideration Must Move from the Promisee

(1)

Adequacy of Consideration

(1)

Qualifications to the principle

(1)

Forebearance to sue

(1)

Sufficiency of Consideration

(1)

Discharge of an existing duty

(2)

Promissory Estoppel

(1)

Scope of promissory estoppel

(2)

Promissory estoppel and waiver

(3)

5 Capacity

(12)

Minors

(1)

Void contracts

(1)

Voidable contracts

(1)

Contracts binding on minors

(3)

Liability of minors in tort and contract

(1)

Restitution in equity

(1)

Mentally Disordered Persons

(1)

Drunken Persons

(1)

Illiterates

(1)

Companies

(1)

Formation

(1)

The rules of attribution

(1)

Pre-incorporation contracts

(1)

Directors

(1)

Limited Liability Partnerships

(1)

Artificial Persons Lacking Capacity

(1)

Limited partnerships

(1)

Partnerships

(1)

Other unincorporated associations

(1)

6 Terms

(39)

Contractual Terms

(1)

Express Terms

(1)

Proof of Terms

(1)

Oral contracts

(3)

Written contracts

(1)

Signature

(1)

Parol evidence rule

(4)

Classification of Terms

(1)

Conditions

(9)

Warranties

(1)

Intermediate terms

(2)

Principles applying to classification of terms

(1)

Use of terminology in commercial contracts

(1)

Interpretation of Written Terms

(4)

Exemption and Limitation Clauses

(1)

Standard form agreements

(1)

Exemption clauses must be part of the contract

(3)

Interpretation of exemption clauses

(4)

Implied terms

(6)

7 Sale of Goods

(32)

Rights and Obligations

(1)

Introduction - the sale of goods legislation

(1)

Types of goods covered

(1)

Subject matter of the contract

(1)

Capacity to contract

(1)

Formalities

100

(1)

Obligations under the contract

100

(2)

Conditions and warranties

102

(3)

Implied terms as to title

105

(1)

Implied conditions as to fitness for purpose and merchantable quality

106

(9)

Where condition to be treated as warranty

115

(1)

The time at which property transfers

116

(3)

Sale of goods by a person not the owner

119

(2)

Performance of contract

121

(1)

Remedies of the Seller and Buyer

122

(1)

Seller's rights and remedies

122

(2)

Buyer's rights and remedies

124

(1)

Statutory Rules Governing Unfair Terms and Exclusion Clauses

124

(1)

Application

125

(1)

Exclusion of contractual liability

125

(1)

`Unreasonable' exemption clauses

125

(2)

Unfair terms

127

(1)

Exclusion of non-contractual liability

128

(1)

8 Mistake

129

(13)

Nature of Mistake

129

(1)

Common Mistake

130

(1)

Common mistake at common law

130

(1)

Common mistake in equity

131

(4)

Mutual Mistake

135

(1)

Mutual mistake at common law

135

(1)

Mutual mistake in equity

136

(1)

Unilateral Mistake

136

(1)

Unilateral mistake at common law

136

(2)

Unilateral mistake in equity

138

(1)

Documents Mistakenly Signed

138

(1)

Non est factum

138

(4)

9 Misrepresentation, Undue Influence and Duress

142

(36)

Misrepresentation

142

(1)

Definition of `representation'

142

(1)

False statement of fact

142

(1)

Silence is not misrepresentation

143

(1)

Statements of opinion

143

(1)

Statements of intention

144

(1)

Mere `puffs'

144

(1)

False statement must have been addressed to the party misled

145

(1)

Representation must induce the contract

145

(1)

Types of Misrepresentation

146

(1)

Fraudulent misrepresentation

146

(2)

Negligent misrepresentation

148

(2)

Negligent misrepresentation under the Misrepresentation Acts

150

(2)

Innocent misrepresentation

152

(1)

Rescission for Misrepresentation

152

(1)

Loss of the right to rescind

153

(3)

Damages for Misrepresentation

156

(1)

Non-Disclosure

157

(6)

Non-disclosure in other contracts

163

(1)

Undue Influence

163

(1)

Class 1: Actual undue influence

164

(1)

Class 2: Presumed undue influence

164

(4)

Caribbean cases on undue influence

168

(5)

Duress

173

(1)

Economic duress

173

(3)

Unconscionable bargains

176

(2)

10 Illegality

178

(31)

Introduction

178

(1)

Statutory Illegality

178

(1)

Contracts expressly prohibited by statute

178

(3)

Contracts impliedly prohibited by statute

181

(2)

Illegal performance of a contract

183

(1)

Statutes imposing only a penalty

184

(1)

Void contracts

184

(1)

Contract unenforceable by one party only

185

(1)

Moneylending contracts and contracts subject to exchange control

185

(6)

Illegality at Common Law

191

(1)

Contracts illegal at common law

191

(4)

The Consequences of Illegality

195

(1)

Relevance of the state of mind of the parties

195

(1)

Consequences where the contract is illegal in its inception

196

(7)

Contracts in restraint of trade

203

(6)

11 Privity of Contract

209

(14)

The Privity Doctrine

209

(1)

The doctrine of consideration rationale

209

(1)

The rationale that contractual rights are rights in personam

210

(1)

Remedies of the promisee

211

(1)

Promisee Bringing an Action to Enforce Third Party Rights

211

(1)

Types of Remedies

212

(1)

Extension of the Principle in Lloyd's v Harper

212

(3)

Exceptions to the Privity Doctrine

215

(1)

The `trust concept'

215

(3)

Assignment

218

(3)

Novation

221

(1)

Legislative Reform: The UK Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

221

(2)

12 Agency

223

(15)

Formation of agency

223

(1)

Actual authority

223

(1)

Ratification

224

(1)

Ostensible authority

225

(2)

Agency of necessity

227

(1)

Relations between principal and agent inter se

227

(1)

Duties of the Agent

227

(1)

Duty to account

227

(1)

Duty of care and skill

228

(1)

Duty not to make a secret profit

228

(1)

Duty to avoid a conflict of interest

229

(1)

Duty not to delegate his duties

229

(1)

Rights of the Agent

230

(4)

Relationship Between Principal and Third Parties

234

(1)

Doctrine of the `undisclosed principal'

234

(1)

Effect of signature

235

(1)

Warranty of authority

235

(1)

Termination of agency

236

(2)

13 Discharge of Contracts

238

(22)

Discharge by Performance

238

(1)

Performance must be complete

238

(1)

Exceptions to the rule of complete performance

239

(2)

Discharge by Agreement

241

(1)

Rescission

241

(1)

Release by deed

242

(1)

Accord and satisfaction

242

(1)

Variation

242

(1)

Waiver

243

(1)

Discharge by Frustration

243

(1)

Juridical basis of frustration

244

(1)

Frustrating events

245

(6)

The effects of frustration

251

(1)

Discharge by Breach

252

(1)

Repudiation

252

(3)

Failure of performance

255

(2)

Consequences of breach

257

(3)

14 Remedies for Breach of Contract

260

(19)

Unliquidated Damages

260

(1)

Measure of damages

260

(1)

Damages for mental distress

261

(3)

Date for assessment of damages

264

(1)

Remoteness of damage

264

(2)

Mitigation of damage

266

(1)

Circumstances in which there would be a duty to mitigate

267

(3)

Liquidated Damages

270

(1)

Deposits in contracts for the sale of land

271

(3)

Quantum Meruit Claims

274

(2)

Specific performance

276

(3)

APPENDICES

1 Infants Act, Ch 46:02 (Trinidad and Tobago)

279

(18)

2 Sale of Goods Act, Ch 337 (The Bahamas)

297

(26)

3 Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Act, Ch 337B (The Bahamas)

323

(10)

4 Hire Purchase Act, Cap 201 (Antigua and Barbuda)

333

(22)

5 Misrepresentation Act, Ch 82:35 (Trinidad and Tobago)

355

(6)

6 Law Reform (Misrepresentation and Frustrated Contracts) Act 1977 (Bermuda)

361

(6)

Index

367

Gilbert Kodilinye MA (Oxon), LLM (Lond), TEP, of the Inner Temple, Barrister; Barrister of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands; is Professor at the Faculty of Law, UWI Mona. He is the author of four well established textbooks in the Routledge Commonwealth Caribbean Law Series.

Maria Kodilinye LLB (UWI), BCL (Oxon); Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales; and is an associate at a leading international law firm based in London

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