Chapter 5 Terms of the contract(契约的形式)

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1、Chapter5Termsofthecontract1Certaintyofterms1.1Onceacontracthasbeenmadeitsimportanttoascertainitscontent.Thecontentofacontractisitsterms.N.B.mererepresentationsmadeprecontractarenotpartofthecontractualterms.OverviewTYPESOFTERMSConditionsWarrantiesInnominateterms2Conditionsandwarranties2.1

2、Aconditionisacoreelementofacontract.Itisfundamentaltotheexistenceofthecontract.Breachofaconditionentitlestheinjuredpartyto:(i)repudiatethecontract(ie.treatcontractasdischarged);and(ii)claimrescissionwhichwouldenablehimtoreceivepropertytransferred;and(iii)claimdamages:Poussardv.Spiers.2.2

3、Awarrantyis"collateraltothemainpurposeofthecontract".Itisnotessential.Breachofawarrantyentitlestheinjuredpartytoclaimdamagesonly:Bettiniv.Gye.2.3Innominateterms:isatermwhichcannotbecategorisedatthestartofthecontract.Thecourtwilllookattheeffectofthebreach:HongKongFirShippingCompanyvKawasa

4、kiKisenKaisha.5OverviewTERMSExpressImplied3Expressandimpliedterms3.1Anexpresstermisonewhichhasbeenclearlystatedorallyorinwriting,ormaybebyreferenceatthetimeofcontract:3.2Animpliedtermisonewhichthecourtwillallowbecause:(a)Ithastoasthetermisstatutory(e.g.SaleofGoodsAct1979asamended);Thisst

5、atesthatitwillbeaconditionofthecontractthat(interalia);(i)thesellerhadtitletothegoods,(ii)thegoodsareofsatisfactoryqualityandfitforpurpose,(iii)thegoodscorrespondwiththeirdescription.(b)Itisnecessaryfortheefficacyoftheparticularcontract:TheMoorcock;or(c)Itiscustomarythroughtradeusage.Ter

6、msimpliedbycustomcannotoverridetheexpresstermsofanagreement.(d)Alsowherethepartieshavehadpreviousdealingonthebasisofanexclusionclause,thatclausemaybeincludedinlatercontracts.OverviewFORMALITIESInwritingBydeedOther4FormalitiesCertaincontractshavetobemadeinaformalway:4.1Somecontractsmustbe

7、inwriting:(a)consumercreditagreements5(b)transferofcompanyshares(c)moneylendingcontracts(d)contractforthesaleorotherdispositionoflande.g.leases:LP(MP)A'894.2Somecontractsdonothavetobeinwriting.Butwrittenevidencemustbeavailabletoenableanactiontobebrought.eg.Contractofguara