Contract Law Notes

Description

Well structured, colour-coded, easy to follow contract law exam notes. Provides a structure and scaffold for answering exam questions. Gives a comprehensive overview of contract law. These notes make the exam so much easier by breaking down the law into elements and providing authorities. Table of Contents: • Definitions and Terms • Offer • Acceptance • Consideration • Intention • Certainty and Completeness • Promissory Estoppel • Capacity • Privity • Formalities • Illegality o Statutory Illegality o Public Policy Illegality • Restraints of Trade • Consequences of Illegality • Terms o Express Terms o Notice Requirements in Various Contexts o Extrinsic Evidence o Implied Terms o Construction / Classification o Exclusion Clauses • Misrepresentation o Types of Misrepresentation • Mistake o Common Mistake o Mutual Mistake o Unilateral Mistake • Duress • Undue Influence • Unconscionability • Third Party Impropriety • Termination o Termination by Performance o Termination by Agreement • Breach and Repudiation o Breach o Actual Breach o Repudiation • Frustration • Remedies Colour code: Red - element Green - legislation Blue - case law