Flashcards: English contract law

English contract law is a body of law regulating contracts in England and Wales.

Privity is a doctrine in English contract law that covers the relationship between parties to a contract and other parties or agents.

Consideration in English law is one of the four main building blocks of a contract.

In English law, remoteness is a set of rules in both tort and contract, which limits the amount of compensatory damages for a wrong.

Interpreting contracts in English law is an area of English contract law, which concerns how the courts decide what an agreement means.

Certainty in English law sets out rules for how judges will interpret, sever or put contracts, trusts and other voluntary obligations into effect.

Illegality in English law is a potential ground in English contract law, tort, trusts or UK company law for a court to refuse to enforce an obligation.

Misrepresentation in English contract law and English tort law refers to a situation where a person is induced to enter into a contract entirely or partly by a false assertion (of fact, not opinion or intention) made by the other contracting party.

In English contract law, an agreement establishes the first stage in the existence of a contract.

Mistake is a term of art in both contract law and criminal law in England and Wales.

Unconscionability in English law is a field of contract law and the law of trusts, which precludes the enforcement of consent based obligations.

Capacity in English law refers to the ability of a contracting party to enter into legally binding relations.

The Electronic Signatures Directive 1999/93/EC is a European Union Directive on the use of electronic signatures (eSignatures) in electronic contracts within the European Union (EU).