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A Contract Is A Violation Agreement Between Two Or More Persons / Parties

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A contract is a lawful agreement between two or more persons/parties/people within the limits of their contractual capacity, with the serious intention of creating a legal obligation, communication such intentions without vagueness, each to the other being of the same mind as to the subject matter, to perform positive or negative acts which are possible of performance. (Gibson & Fraser, 2011) To have a valid contract three elements are necessary: agreement, intention to create and consideration. Consideration may consist some right, interest, profit or benefit accruing to the party under taken by other promise is other is bought and the promise given value is enforceable. In a valid contract wording of the agreement must be clear and not …show more content…

In this law breaches of contract are awarded by damages. If there is breach of contract the injured party gets compensated or get punished. Common law damages are arises naturally by breach of contract or contemplated as a probable result of breach. Cases: Victoria Laundry (Windsor) Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd ( In this the boiler was delivered some five months late due to which laundry sued the company as it would make profit if they had delivered on time. As the consequences, the damage was not too remote. However it was not successful to the claim due to dyeing of the contract. Though it was unusual the loss would be contemplated due to late delivery) As damages will not be able to recovery if it is too remote for example distress disappointment injured feeling. The breaches are caused due to some disappointment of the innocent party. By the principle of the common law if contract involves ordinary commercial transactions, the damages will not be recovered. Cases: In Hamlin v Great Northern Railway Co (In this case the plaintiff bought the ticket to London to Hull because the train was late and due to this he had to face some loss or damages in business. In this case judge said “plaintiff entitled to whatever damages naturally result from the breach of contract, but no damages for disappointment of the mind caused by the breach of the contract.” In Hobbs v

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