Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract (2008) is a book by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell, which outlines the key cases in English contract law.

Content

The cases discussed are,

• Coggs v Barnard (1703) on bailment
• Pillans v Van Mierop (1765) on the doctrine of consideration
• Carter v Boehm (1766) on good faith
• Da Costa v Jones (1778)
• Hochster v De La Tour (1853) on anticipatory breach
• Smith v Hughes (1871) on unilateral mistake and the objective approach to interpretation of contracts
• Foakes v Beer^[1] (1884) on part payments of debt (with a notable dissenting opinion by Lord Blackburn)
• The Hong Kong Fir (1961) on innominate terms, allowing the court remedial flexibility
• Suisse Atlantique Societe d'Armament SA v NV Rotterdamsche Kolen Centrale (1966)
• Rearden Smith Lines Ltd v Yngvar Hansen Tangan or The Diana Prosperity (1976) 1 WLR 989 on a contextual approach to contractual interpretation
• Johnson v Agnew (1979) that damages are to be assessed on the date when a breach can reasonably be discovered neither any cost

Reception

The book received reviews from publications including the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies,^[2] The Journal of Legal History,^[3] Revue trimestrielle de droit civil,^[4] and the Australian Banking and Finance Law Bulletin.^[5]

See also

• Landmark case
• Restitution in English law
• Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution (2006) by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell
• Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort (2010) by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell
• Landmark Cases in Family Law (2011) by Stephen Gilmore, Jonathan Herring and Rebecca Probert
• Landmark Cases in Equity (2012) by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell (6 Jul 2012)

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