70211 - Contracts (Distinction)

Description

These extensive notes include information taken from seminars, various textbooks, authoritative cases, prescribed readings and further online research compiled into an easily read format. They contain relevant theoretical content, supported by vital, authoritative cases and examples to further your grasp of various content. I consistently achieved Ds and HDs throughout the semester with these notes. These notes can aid you to easily achieve your desired mark - with 1thoroughly compiled pages, no topic is ignored! TOPICS INCLUDED: Topic 1: Contract formation - Agreement - Offer - Agreement- Acceptance - Consideration - Introduction to promissory estoppel - Intention to create legal relations - Certainty / Completeness Topic 2: Parties to the contract - Privity - Mental capacity Topic 3: Terms of the contract - Express terms - Extrinsic evidence - Implied terms - Interpretation/ Construction / Classification - Exclusion clauses Topic 4: Enforceability - Formalities/Part performance - Statutory illegality - Common law illegality / Public policy - Consequences of illegality Topic 5: Proper consent - Misrepresentation (innocent/fraudulent) - Misleading and deceptive conduct (Australian Consumer Law s 18) - Duress - Undue influence - Unconscionable conduct - Third party impropriety - Unilateral mistake - Rescission and election Topic 6: Discharge / Termination of contract - Performance / Actions for payment - Agreement - Breach and repudiation - Frustration