Contract Law Essays

Enforceability and Validity of the Restraint Clause
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Feb 2025
Introduction: A sample LawTeacher.net essay on contract law tackles Australian law and the Enforceability and Validity of the Restraint Clause, analysing several rugby contracts in the process....

Australian Principles of Restraints of Trade
Example essay. Last modified: 18th Feb 2025
Introduction: Bulldogs Rugby League Club Ltd & anor v Williams & ors gave the Court another opportunity to consider the principles of Restraints of Trade and review the right of employers to enforce employee restraints in Australia....

Development of the Principles of Tort Law
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Dec 2023
Introduction: In the case of Anns v Merton 1977, the plaintiffs were tenants in flats. The flats suffered from damage due to improper foundations which were 2ft ......

Law and Contract
Example essay. Last modified: 2nd Dec 2023
Introduction: Negligence refers to reasonable care, or specifically the failure to demonstrate reasonable care where an assumed duty of care towards another is assumed....

Duress in Contract Law
Example essay. Last modified: 7th Sep 2022
Introduction: Duress is a means by which a person or party can be released from a contract, where that person or party has been forced or coerced into the contract....

The Postal Acceptance Rule
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
Introduction: The postal acceptance rule, created in 1818, arguably is not in line with laws on modern communication such as fax, email and e-commerce systems and subsequently attracts much criticism....

Case Study on Application of The Sale of Goods Act 1930
Example essay. Last modified: 26th Oct 2021
Introduction: Essential elements of a contract of sale and a case study looking at whether The Sale of Goods Act applies where the purchase goods were damaged....

Agency by Necessity Law
Example essay. Last modified: 6th Oct 2021
Introduction: According to S142 Contract Act 1950, an agency may arise by necessity or in an emergency. Agency of necessity means a person may become the agent of another without being appointed as such under certain circumstances. ...

Effect of Disability on the Law of Limitation
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Introduction: The 'Law of Limitation' prescribes the time-limit for different suits within which an aggrieved person can approach the court for redress or justice....

Identifying a Valid Offer and Valid Acceptance
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Introduction: To identify an agreement we have to identify a valid offer and a valid acceptance of that offer. What then, is a valid offer?...

Requirements for a Valid Contract in Shariah Law
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Introduction: The definition of contract in shariah law is ...

Consumer Rights in Electronic Contracts and Distance Selling
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Introduction: This essay aims to evaluate the consumer protection provisions of the ECD and DSD applicable to electronic contracts....

Legal Issues in Social Agreements and Contract Law
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Introduction: Case examples covering legal issues in social agreements and offer and acceptance under contract law....

Types of Contract Terms
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Introduction: An explanation of different types of contract terms and their importance, and the impact of terms being broken....

Case Examples of Contract Offer and Acceptance
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Introduction: Example cases demonstrating issues of offer and acceptance under Malaysia’s contract act of 1950....

Law of Contract: Offer and Acceptance
Example essay. Last modified: 30th Sep 2021
Introduction: Legal recognition of an agreement is given where a contract can be said to have been established between the parties to an agreement....

Judicial Precedent Examples
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Introduction: Judicial precedent is a system where a judge of a court makes a decision and the court at the same level or below it in the judicial hierarchy are bound to follow the decision....

Offer or An Invitation to Treat
Example essay. Last modified: 28th Sep 2021
Introduction: An analysis based on a statement, of whether a situation is an offer or invitation to treat, according to Section 2 (a) of the Contracts Act 1950....

Evaluation and Preparation of Claims in Construction Projects
Example essay. Last modified: 27th Sep 2021
Introduction: Claim management is an essential skill required by the Contract and Project Management Professionals, especially due to the increase in both number and value of claims....

Consideration in Contract Law
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2021
Introduction: Consideration is an essential element to the creation of a valid contract. The consideration must be of some value that can be objectively determined....

Contract of Sale Terms: Conditions and Warranties
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2021
Introduction: An analysis of the classification of terms of a contract of sale as conditions or warranties in the Sale of Goods Act....

Public Advertisements Do Not Constitute an Offer
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2021
Introduction: A contract is an agreement between two or more persons which is enforceable by law. Generally, public advertisements do not constitute an offer merely an invitation to treat....

Contract Acceptance by Email
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2021
Introduction: This paper will consider the proper place of email communication within the mail-instantaneous communication dichotomy....

Offer Termination Methods
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2021
Introduction: The methods of terminating an offer under contract law....

Tort of Negligent Misstatement
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Sep 2021
Introduction: The tort of negligent misstatement is defined as an “inaccurate statement made honestly but carelessly usually in the form of advice given by a party with special skill/knowledge to a party that doesn’t possess this skill or knowledge”....