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b/ Collateral terms and collateral contracts 7
B – What do the terms mean? (Interpretation) 9
C – Interpretation of exclusion clauses 10
|NOTE Peel, “Whither Contra Proferentem?” in Contract Terms (eds Burrows and Peel, 2007) 53 11
3/ Limitation-exclusion distinction 11
4/ Exemptions of negligence liability 11
5/ Exemptions for indirect and consequential loss 12
|*Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd [2009] UKHL 38 13
|*Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36, [2015] 2 WLR 1593 esp [14]-[23] 14
*Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24 14
|Lord Nicholls, “My Kingdom for a Horse: The Meaning of Words” (2005) 121 LQR 577 14
|Leggatt, “Making sense of contracts: the rational choice theory”(2015) LQR 454 15
|McLaughlin, “A better way of making sense of contracts?” (2016) LQR 577. 16
|Lord Sumption, “A Question of Taste: The Supreme Court and the Interpretation of Contracts” 16
A/ Terms implied by Statute in Sale of Goods Contracts 17
|*Sale of Goods Act 1979, ss 12-15A; 17
C/ Terms implied by the court 18
|*The Moorcock (1889) 14 PD 64 18
|*Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd [2009] UKPC 10 [16]-[27] 19
|*Marks and Spencer v BNP Parisbas [2015] UKSC 72, [2015] 3 WLR 1843 20
|*Liverpool CC v Irwin [1977] AC 239 20
|Scally v Southern Health & Social Services Bd [1991] 4 All ER 563 21
|Peden, Policy Concerns Behind Implication of Terms in Law (2001) 117 LQR 459 21
3/ Implied Duty of Good Faith? 22
a/ Foundation Case: Yam Seng v International Trade Corp 22
b/ What is the scope of Yam Seng? 24
|Hamsard v Boots (2013, Norris J) 25
|Atiyah, Introduction to Contract Law pp. 149-154 (2006) 29
|Cartwright, Unequal Bargaining, pp. 37-51 30
|*L’ Estrange v Graucob [1934] 2 KB 394 30
|*Curtis v Chemical Cleaning Co [1951] 1 KB 805 31
|Spencer, “Signature, Consent, and the Rule in L’Estrange v Graucob” (1973) 32
|Tilden v Clendinning (1978, CoA of Ontario) 32
a/ Notice must be given at or before time of contracting. 32
|*Olley v Marlborough Court Ltd [1949] 1 KB 532 32
|*Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking [1971] 2 QB 163 32
b/ The terms must be contained or referred to in a document intended to have contractual effect 33
|*Chapelton v Barry UDC [1940] 1 KB 532 33
c/ Reasonable steps to bring the terms to the attnetion of the other party 33
|Parker v South East Railway Co (1877) 2 CPD 416 33
|*Interfoto Picture Library v Stiletto Visual Programmes [1988] 1 All ER 348 33
|*McCutcheon v MacBrayne [1964] 1 All ER 430 35
|Hollier v Rambler Motors [1972] 2 QB 71 36
|British Crane Hire v Ipswich Plant Hire [1975] QB 303 36
|*Photo Productions v Securicor [1980] 1 All ER 556 37
|*Ailsa Craig Fishing v Malvern Fishing [1983] 1 WLR 964 37
|*George Mitchell v Finney Lock Seeds [1983] 2 All ER 737 37
Transocean Drilling UK Ltd v Providence Resources Plc [2016] EWCA Civ 372 38
IV - Legislative control of exemption clauses and unfair terms 38
|Phillips Products v Hyland [1987] 2 All ER 620 43
|Thompson v Lohan (Plant Hire) Ltd [1987] 2 All ER 631 46
3/ The nature of exclusion clauses 47
|*Smith v Eric Bush [1989] 2 All ER 514 47
|Stewart Gill v Horatio Myer [1992] 2 QB 600 47
|*St Albans DC v International Computers [1996] 4 All ER 481 48
|Watford Electronics Ltd v Sanderson CFL Ltd [2001] All ER (Comm) 696 48
*Directive on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts (93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993, OJ L95/29) 50
|*Consumer Rights Act 2015 ss 31, 57, 61 – 71, 73, 75 – 76; Sched.2 50
|Bright,“Winning the Battle Against Unfair Terms” (2000) 20 LS 331 57
|*The Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National Plc and 7 Others [2009] UKSC 6, [2009] 3 WLR 1215 58
|NOTE Chen-Wishart (2010) 126 LQR 157 58
*Aziz v Caixa d’Estalvis de Catalunya, Tarragona i Manresa of 14 March 2013 (C-415/11) 59
*Kásler v OTP Jelzálogbank Zrt of 30 April 2014 (C-26/13) 59
*ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis [2015] UKSC 67, [2015] 3 WLR 1373 59
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Contract law notes fully updated for recent exams at Oxford and Cambridge. These notes cover all the LLB contract law cases and so are perfect for anyone doing an LLB in the UK or a great supplement for those doing LLBs abroad, whether that be in Ireland, Hong Kong or Malaysia (University of London).
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