English contract law is the body of law that regulates legally binding agreements in England and Wales. With its roots in the lex mercatoria and the activism...

The law of mistake comprises a group of separate rules in English contract law. If the law deems a mistake to be sufficiently grave, then a contract entered...

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In contract law, a mistake is an erroneous belief, at contracting, that certain facts are true. It can be argued as a defense, and if raised successfully...

history of English contract law traces back to its roots in civil law, the lex mercatoria and the Industrial Revolution. Modern English contract law is composed...

English Common Law. It is applicable to all the states of India. It determines the circumstances in which promises made by the parties to a contract shall...

quasi-contract (or implied-in-law contract or constructive contract) is a fictional contract recognised by a court. The notion of a quasi-contract can be...

Plato, The Laws, Book 11, §23, Contracts. English contract law's history was heavily influenced by Ancient Greek and Roman thought. In The Laws, Plato devoted...

contract law is derived from English contract law, though it has developed distinctly since Canadian Confederation in 1867. While Québecois contract law...

creation of a legal contract. It is featured in Chappell & Co Ltd v Nestle Co Ltd ([1960] AC 87), an important English contract law case where the House...

arise under English law. It has been judicially noted on more than one occasions that the link between them is often tenuous. Treitel on Contracts notes that...

In English law, a vitiating factor in the common law of contract is a factor that can affect the validity of a contract. The concept has been adopted in...

South African contract law is "essentially a modernized version of the Roman-Dutch law of contract", and is rooted in canon and Roman laws. In the broadest...

Unfair terms in English contract law are regulated under three major pieces of legislation, compliance with which is enforced by the Competition and Markets...

Interpreting contracts in English law is an area of English contract law, which concerns how the courts decide what an agreement means. It is settled law that...

Scots Law. The English requirement for consideration does not apply in Scotland, so it is possible to have a gratuitous contract, i.e. a contract where...

English tort law concerns the compensation for harm to people's rights to health and safety, a clean environment, property, their economic interests, or...

In the law, a seal affixed to a contract or other legal instrument has had special legal significance at various times in the jurisdictions that recognise...

English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures...

Frustration is an English contract law doctrine that acts as a device to set aside contracts where an unforeseen event either renders contractual obligations...

Consideration is an English common law concept within the law of contract, and is a necessity for simple contracts (but not for special contracts by deed). The...

Certainty in English law sets out rules for how judges will interpret, sever or put contracts, trusts and other voluntary obligations into effect. If the...

In English law, an employment contract is a specific kind of contract whereby one person performs work under the direction of another. The two main features...

Contract law regulates the obligations established by agreement, whether express or implied, between private parties in the United States. The law of contracts...

The law of contract in Australia is similar to the contract law of other Anglo-American common law jurisdictions, but differences from other jurisdictions...

be legally bound", is a doctrine used in contract law, particularly English contract law and related common law jurisdictions. The doctrine establishes...

Chitty on Contracts is one of the leading textbooks covering English contract law. The textbook is now in its 35th edition. The first editors were Joseph...

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Cases in the Law of Contract (2008) is a book by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell, which outlines the key cases in English contract law. The cases discussed...

European contract law represents a strategy working towards a common set of legal principles operating in the field of contract law across the European...