Implied Contract: Capacity
Implied Contract: Capacity
Implied Contract: Capacity
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agreement which legally binds the parties
agreement which give rise to social obligation is not a contract
Implied Contract
a peron get into a bus , it's his implied duity to buy ticket
Capacity
Minors cannot enter into contracts
Mental capacity or who were intoxicated
Form.
Some contracts must be made in a particular form.
such as writing.
Legality.
Form of a contract
some contracts must be in writting form
Contracts by deed
contracs
Offer
is a definite promise to be bound on specific terms
Supply of information
*A statement which sets out possible termsof a contract is not
an offer unless this is clearly indicated
A statement of intention
event such as an auction is not an offer to sell. This is an
example of a statement of intention
An invitation to treat
to receive offers
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II.
III.
IV.
V.
Auction sales
Advertisements
price lists
Exhibition
An invitation for tenders
Termination of offer
Rejection
Counter-offer
Request for information
an offer
Lapse of time
Revocation of an offer
*The offeror may revoke their offer at any time before
acceptance.
* for a specified time they may still revoke it within that time
*The letter of revocation could not take effect until received
Termination by death
Acceptance
*Acceptance is generally not effective until communicated to
the offeror
*except where the 'postal rule' applies.
In which case acceptance is complete and effective as soon as it
is posted
Silence
There must be some acton the part of the offeree to indicate
their acceptance.
Letters of intent
Letters of intentare an indication by one party to another that they may place a
contract with them.
Collateral contracts
*these are three parties relationsips agreements
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where consideration is provided by the making of
another contract
*there is no clear offer and acceptace in these cases
Unilateral Contract
*one party makes a promis and other party has to perform some
actions
*no revocation once offer has been mad
Consideration
*If consideration is past then it is not
enforceable.
Valid consideration
executed Consideration
is an act in return for a promise
Executory consideration
is a promise given for a promise.
Past consideration
*which has already been done at the time the promise is made
*Past consideration is sufficient to create liability on a bill of
exchange(such as a cheque) Most cheques are issued to pay
existing debts
Future Consideration
if there is an existing contractand one party makes a further
promise, no contract will arise
Promissory estoppel
It means that in some cases where someone has made a promise
they can be prevented from denying it.
Domestic arrangements
Husband and wife
*can enter into a binding contract
Relatives
Other domestic arrangements
who have a close relationshipof some form
*granddaughter and the claimant, a paying boarder, took part
together each
week in a competition
Commercial agreements
Privity of contract
As a general rule, only a person who is a party to a contract has
enforceable rights or obligations under it
if a buy from b and give it to c then has no legal right as he did
not pay any consideration++