• 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...
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    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...
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    quasi-contracts, quasi-torts, and quasi-delicts renders the boundary between tort and contract law somewhat uncertain. Contracts are widely used in commercial...
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  • Certainty in English law sets out rules for how judges will interpret, sever or put contracts, trusts and other voluntary obligations into effect. If...
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    Raffles v Wichelhaus (category English contract case law)
    three Judge panel. Mistakes in English law Interpreting contracts in English law "Raffles v. Wichelhaus | Case Brief for Law Students". Retrieved 2 August...
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    to recover the property. Roman law had a closed system of contracts which recognised only four types (e.g. contracts consensu, re, verbis and litteris)...
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    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...
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    differ significantly. For instance, contracts entered into under a relevant mistake have not been voidable in English law since Great Peace Shipping Ltd v...
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  • 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...
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    Oscar Chess Ltd v Williams (category English contract case law)
    [1957] EWCA Civ 5 is an English contract law case, concerning the difference between a term and a representation. Williams traded-in his Morris car to Oscar...
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  • Routledge v McKay (category English contract case law)
    Productions Ltd v Harold Smith (Motors) Ltd [1965] EWCA Civ 2 Interpreting contracts in English law Routledge v McKay 1954 1 WLR 615 Fisher v Bell [1961] 1...
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    States. The law of contracts varies from state to state; there is nationwide federal contract law in certain areas, such as contracts entered into pursuant...
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    contract law is derived from English contract law, though it has developed distinctly since Canadian Confederation in 1867. While Québecois contract law...
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    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...
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    Québecois contract law is applicable to interpreting this duty in cases arising in the country's common law jurisdictions and vice versa. Consequently, in all...
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    Frederick E Rose (London) Ltd v William H Pim Junior & Co Ltd (category English interpretation case law)
    450 is an English contract law case concerning the rectification of contractual documents and the interpretation of contracts in English law. Frederick...
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  • terms in English law is a topic which deals with four main issues. which terms are incorporated into the contract how are the terms of the contract to be...
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  • extraneous evidence. In contract interpretation, the Four Corners Rule refers to a common law doctrine dating back to old English courts that requires...
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  • Freedom of contract is the principle according to which individuals and groups may form contracts without government restrictions. This is opposed to government...
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    have taken. In English law, this principle was established in the case of Spring v NASDS, in the context of a trade union membership contract. Clear expression:...
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    contract, nor does it consider electronic contracts. However, legal matters relating to the use of electronic communications in relation to contracts...
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    understood to be an essential element. The law of equity plays an important role in Australian contracts, and will affect which remedies may be available...
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  • R&B Customs Brokers Co Ltd v United Dominions Trust Ltd (category English contract case law)
    look at the realities of the situation. Unfair Contract Terms Bill Interpreting contracts in English law http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/1987/3...
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    returned upon frustration. It applies only to contracts governed by English law. In English contract law, a contract which is found to be frustrated – that is...
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    English land law is the law of real property in England and Wales. Because of its heavy historical and social significance, land is usually seen as the...
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    Parol evidence rule (category Contract law)
    referred to oral pleadings in a court case. The rule's origins lie in English contract law, but it has been adopted in other common law jurisdictions; however...
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    Johnstone v Bloomsbury HA (category English contract case law)
    employee's health. English contract law Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 Unfair Contract Terms Bill Interpreting contracts in English law Mahmud and Malik...
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    Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co (category English agreement case law)
    Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256 is an English contract law decision by the Court of Appeal, which held an advertisement containing...
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    must sue directors for any loss. Contracts remain valid and third parties will be unaffected by this alone. Contracts between companies and third parties...
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  • modes of interpreting are simultaneous interpreting, which is done at the time of the exposure to the source language, and consecutive interpreting, which...
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