Terms of Contract | Cases

Classification of Terms

L Schuler AG v Wickman Machine Tools Sales Ltd [1974] AC 235

Arcos Ltd v E A Ronaassen & Son [1933] AC 470

Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd [1962] 2 QB 26 Important

The Mihalis Angelos [1971] 1 QB 164

Bunge Corporation v Tradax SA [1981] 1 WLR 711

Incorporation

Signature Rule

L’Estrange v F Graucob Ltd [1934] 2 KB 394

British Crane Hire Corporation Ltd v Ipswich Plant Hire Ltd [1975] QB 303

Reasonable notice

Olley v Marlborough Court Ltd [1949] 1 KB 532

Chapleton v Barry UDC [1940] 1 KB 532

Parker v South Eastern Railway (1877) 2 CPD 416

Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [1971] 2 QB 163

Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd [1989] QB 433 Important

Course of dealing

McCutcheon v David MacBrayne Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 125

Hollier v Rambler Motors (AMC) Ltd [1972] 2 QB 71

Limitation and Exclusion Clauses

Photo Productions Ltd v Securicor Transport Ltd [1980] AC 827

Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Fishing Co Ltd [1983] 1 WLR 164

George Mitchell (Chesterhall) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [1983] 2 AC 803

Interpretation

Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896 Important

Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd [2009] AC 1101

Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50

Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36, [2015] 2 WLR 1593 

Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24 Important

Wells v Devani [2019] UKSC 4

Rectification

Chartbrook Ltd V Persimmon Homes Ltd [2009] AC 1101

FSHC Group Holdings Limited v GLAS Trust Corporation Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 1361 Important

Implied Terms

The Moorcock (1889) 14 PD 64

Liverpool City Council v Irwin [1977] AC 239

Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd [2009] UKPC 10

Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd [2015] UKSC 72 Important

Duval v 11-13 Randolph Crescent Ltd [2020] UKSC 18

Uncertain Terms

May & Butcher Ltd v R [1934] 2 KB 17

Hillas & Co v Arcos Ltd (1932) 147 LT 503

British Steel Corporation v Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd [1984] 1 All ER 504

Sudbrook Trading Estate Ltd v Eggleton [1983] 1 AC 444

Good Faith

Walford v Miles [1992] 2 AC 128 Important

Yam Seng PTE Ltd v International Trade Corporation Ltd [2013] EWHC 111 Important

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