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OPINION WRITING
AND
DRAFTING
IN
CONTRACT LAW
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OPINION WRITING
AND
DRAFTING
IN
CONTRACT LAW
Carron-Ann Russell, LLM
of the Middle Temple, Barrister,
Attorney-at-Law, Jamaica,
Senior Lecturer,
Inns of Court School of Law
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First published in Great Britain 1996 by Cavendish Publishing Limited,
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Preface
The aim of this book is to provide an integrated guide of opinion writing and
drafting in the law of contract. It will be of use to the Vocational Bar student,
intending and non-intending practitioners, Law Society students and students
studying for law degrees.
I am grateful to the staff at Cavendish Publishing for giving me the
opportunity to participate in this series and especially to Kate Nicol for her
patient and sensitive approach. To Hogath Andall, for his help in research and
typing at such short notice. To all my old Bar students wherever you are in the
Commonwealth. Any errors or omissions are my own and in no way reflect on
the publisher. Suggestions and discussions on the case papers are warmly invited.
To Jah – one love.
CAR
December 1995
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Contents
Preface v
Table of Cases ix
Table of Statutes xv
Introduction xvii
1 Opinion Writing and Drafting 1
2 Formation of the Contract 9
3 Consideration 17
4 Terms of the Contract 33
5 Exemption Clauses 47
6 Misrepresentation 61
7 Mistake and Frustration 75
8 Remedies: damages 91
9 Illegality, Inequality and Restraint 105
10 Case Papers and Pleadings 117
Index 189
vii
Table of Cases
Ailsa Craig Case [1983] 1 WLR 964; [1983] 1 All ER 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Akerhielm v de Mare [1959] 3 WLR 108; [1959] 3 All ER 485 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Alan (WJ) & Co Ltd v El Nasr Export & Import [1972] 2 WLR 800;
[1972] 2 All ER 127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Alder v Moore [1961] 2 WLR 426; [1961] 1 All ER 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Allcard v Skinner (1887) 36 ChD 145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Alliance Bank v Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Anglia Television v Reed [1971] 3 All ER 690; [1971] 3 WLR 528 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Anglo-Continental Holidays v Typaldos Lines (1967) 111 SJ 599;
[1967] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 61, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Apthrop v Neville Co (1907) 23 TLR 575 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Arcos v Ronaasen (EA) & Son [1933] All ER Rep 646; (1933) 102 LJ KB 346 . . . . . . . . . . .39
Ashmore, Benson, Pease Co Ltd v AV Dawson Ltd [1973] 1 WLR 828;
[1973] 2 All ER 856, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Atlantic Baron, The [1979] 3 WLR 419; [1978] 3 All ER 1170 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
BCCI v Anybody [1989] 2 WLR 759; [1992] 4 All ER 955 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Bannerman v White (1861) 31 LJ CP 28; (1861) 4 LT 740 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Banque de L’Indochine v JH Raymer (Mincing Lane) Ltd [1983] 2 WLR 841;
[1983] 1 All ER 1137 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Bell v Lever Bros [1932] AC 161; [1931 All ER Rep 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75, 76
Bennett v Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Bentley (Dick) Production Ltd v Harold Smith (Motors) Ltd [1965] 1 WLR 623;
[1965] 2 All ER 65, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Bisset v Wilkinson [1927] AC 177; [1926] All ER Rep 343 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36, 61
Bliss v SE Thames RHA [1987] 1 CR 700; [1985] IRLR 308, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
British Crane Hire Corp Ltd v Ipswich Plant Hire Ltd [1974] 2 WLR 856;
[1974] 1 All ER 1059, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Bunge Corp v Tradax Export SA [1981] 1 WLR 711; [1981] 2 All ER 540 . . . . . . . . . . .39, 40
C & P Haulage v Middleton [1983] 1 WLR 1461; [1983] 3 All ER 94, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
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