Winny's wine shop prob question. Roley Ltd clothing factory. The continued existence of the rule in Foakes v Beer, alongside the decision in Williams v Roffey, means that the question of whether a promise to perform an existing obligation owe to the promisee may be good consideration in to be determined upon the arbitrary basis of the nature of the obligation in question, ie is it an obligation to pay money or perform services. Discuss, considering in particular how the law could develop in future to avoid such an arbitrary distinction. In 1976 the Law Commission proposed that what remained of the parol evidence rule should be abolished.
Problem question on exclusion clauses and privity of contract.
Royscot Trust Ltd v Rogerson - A submission for appeal to the House of Lords. How the Act may affect various aspects of land law.