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    Indian Contract Act THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT‚ 1872 ACT No. 9 OF 1872 1 [25th April‚ 1872.] Preamble WHEREAS it is expedient to define and amend certain parts of the law relating to contracts ; It is hereby enacted as follows - PRELIMINARY 1- Short title – This Act may be called the Indian Contract Act‚ 1872. Extent‚ Commencements.-It extends to the whole of India 2*[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]; and it shall come into force on the first day of September‚ 1872. Nothing

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    True/False Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false. ____ 1. When an obvious clerical error exists in a written contract‚ the contract may not be enforceable. ____ 2. If the subject matter of a contract turns out to be more valuable than one of the parties believed it would be‚ that party can rescind the contract. ____ 3. A fraudulent contract may be enforced by the innocent party. ____ 4. An act of concealment‚ with an affirmative misrepresentation‚ will not be sufficient

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    Joe claims that the contract is voidable. Discuss. Answer: The issues that arise in this case are: 1) Whether there is a relationship between Johnny and Victoria? 2) Whether Victoria used her dominant position to transfer all of Johnny’s property to her? 3) Whether Joe has the right to set aside/ rescind the contract? 4) Whether this presumption can be rebutted? Every person is competent to contract who is of the age of majority according to the law to which he is subject

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    it would be unjust and unequitable to allow the enforcement of a written instrument which does not reflect or disclose the real meeting of the minds of the parties. 3 However‚ an action for reformation must be brought within the period prescribed by law‚ otherwise‚ it will be barred by the mere lapse of time. The issue in this case is whether or not the complaint for reformation filed by respondent Leyte Gulf Traders‚ Inc. has prescribed and in the negative‚ whether or not it is entitled to the remedy

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    Unit 2 short paper 1 Prenuptial Agreements William E. Ogle Unit 2 Short Paper: Prenuptial Agreements Family Law PA 250-01AU Prof; Kinsella Unit 2 short paper 2 This Act is intended to be relatively limited in scope. Section 1 defines a "premarital agreement" as "and agreement between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage

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    was: ‘Incorporation into Contracts by Signature’ Law on the Issue L’Estrange v. Graucob [1934] 2 KB. 394 A woman signed a contract for the purchase of a cigarette vending machine without reading the contract. The contract contained an exclusion clause‚ which took away all her rights under the Sale of Goods Act. The machine proved faulty and it was held that the sellers could rely on the clause because the purchaser had signified her consent to the terms of the contract by signing it and so the

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    of unconscionability because most of these cases can be explained on the basis of common law principles such as duress‚ undue influence‚ unilateral mistake‚ capacity and misrepresentation. Basis of the doctrine Fry v Lane involved plaintiffs who were ignorant and living in poverty. They sold their property to the D at 440 pounds who then subsequently resold at 3000 pounds. The court held that the contract could be rescinded because of unconscionability because 3 conditions had been satisfied.

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    Bibliography: Textbook · Chen-Wishart‚ Mindy‚ Contract Law‚ (Oxford 2005) · H G Beale‚ WD Bishop & M P Furmston‚ Contract Cases and Materials‚ 4th ed. (Oxford 2005) Cases · Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club Ltd v Blackpool Borough Council [1990] · Foakes v Beer (1884) [1881-5] All ER Rep 106‚ House of Lords · Central London Property Trust

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    Contract Law: Case Summary

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    Assignement 1 contracts Sayres v. Wheatland Group‚ L.L.C.‚ 79 Va. Cir. 504 (Va. Cir. Ct. 2009) CASE SUMMARYPROCEDURAL POSTURE: Plaintiff filed suit against defendants alleging that the contract for the construction and sale of a home that was at issue in this case was void‚ invalid‚ and unenforceable. Plaintiff also alleged that he was entitled to rescission and cancellation of the same contract. Defendants filed a counterclaim for specific performance of the contract of sale. Plaintiff moved

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    An exclusion clause is a term in a contract purporting to exclude or restrict the liability of one or more parties to the contract for breach of obligation . Exclusion clauses are controlled by common law and statute. The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 (UCTA 1977) and the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 (UTCCR 1999) confine the extent to which an individual can exclude or limit his business liability towards consumers. The Office of Fair Trading runs an unfair terms unit which

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