exert themselves to the utmost to bring the ship in safety to her destined port. Therefore, without looking to the policy of this agreement, I think it is void for want of consideration, and that the plaintiff can only recover at the rate of 5 a month. Hartley v Ponsonby (1857) 7 E & B 872 A ship became so short handed from crew desertion that it was dangerous to sail. The crew were offered additional wages to sail the ship home. It was HLED that the sailors provided fresh consideration. The original contract was discharged and a new contract was entered into under these arrangements. Russell LJ : 'the courts nowadays should be more ready to find [consideration's] existence so as to reflect the intention of the parties to the contract where the bargaining powers are not unequal'. He noted that Roffey Bros' employee, Mr Cottrell had felt the original price to be less than reasonable, and there was a further need to replace the 'haphazard method of payment by a more formalised scheme' of money per flat. "True it was that the plaintiff did not undertake to do any work additional to that which he had originally undertaken to do but the terms upon which he was to carry out the work were varied and, in my judgment, that variation was supported by consideration which a pragmatic approach to the true relationship between the parties readily demonstrates.' Wikipedia note: Glidewell LJ held Williams had provided good consideration even