Damages Whenever there is a breach of contract by one party, the other is entitled to claim damages provided the damage is caused by the breach and not too remote. If, in fact, the innocent party has suffered no loss Read More …
Day: February 23, 2021
DISCHARGE OF THE CONTRACT NOTES
A contract is discharged by performance when the parties have performed their obligations under the contract in accordance with its terms. In other words, performance must exactly match what the parties agreed to do. Any deviation from performance of exact Read More …
VITIATING FACTORS NOTES
The law on mistake covers a wide range of situations for which the common law and equity have each developed different remedies. At common law, if it can be shown that the contract was made because of a mistake, the Read More …
CAPACITY TO CONTRACT NOTES
In this lecture we shall consider those rules of the law of contract which say that although a contract apparently validly made between the parties, in specified circumstances courts will not give effect it. The reason being that a party Read More …
TERMS OF CONTRACT NOTES
3 Terms and Representations Before they entered into a contract the parties may have been involved in negotiation for sometime during the course of which they might have made many statements or promises. It does not follow that all such Read More …
FORMATION OF CONTRACT: CONSIDERATION NOTES
Definition of Consideration Many attempts have been made to define consideration but few if any have been entirely satisfactory. A promise is only binding if it is made in return for another promise or act. Consideration is a part of Read More …
CONCEPT OF A CONTRACT AND FORMATION OF CONTRACT: OFFER NOTES
The Concept of Contract A contract may be defined as agreement or bargain between two or more persons which is legally binding on the parties. The word ‘’person” is used here to include individuals, associations and corporations. To say that Read More …
SOURCES OF LAW AND THE STRUCTURE OF COURTS IN KENYA NOTES
Meaning of Sources of Law The expression ” source of law” has several distinct meanings First, it may refer to the direct means by which law is made or comes into existence, that is, the legal sources,Secondly, it may mean Read More …
CLASSIFICATIONS OF LAW NOTES
1.1 Introduction Law is an important aspect of human society. In order to avoid or at least to minimize frictions within a society, human beings have made rules to regulate their conduct. A set of such rules is called law. Read More …
MEANING AND NATURE OF LAW NOTES
LECTURE ONE: MEANING AND NATURE OF LAW 1.1 Introduction Law is an important aspect of human society. In order to avoid or at least to minimize frictions within a society, human beings have made rules to regulate their conduct. A Read More …