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AQA A-Level Law 7162
The Nature of Law
Topic overviewDistributive and Corrective JusticeTheories of Justice: Rawls, Nozick and MarxWhat Law Does in SocietyHow Law and Morality Are EnforcedMoral Diversity in a Pluralist SocietyThe Hart-Devlin DebateProcedural Justice and UtilitarianismThe Rule of Law: Core RequirementsLaw, Rights and the Resolution of DisputesFault and Strict LiabilityWhere Law and Morality OverlapWolfenden and R v BrownAristotle on JusticeJustice through Civil and Criminal LawCriminal and civil law comparedCustom, statute and common law as sourcesEquality, Fairness and Clarity before the Law
The European Union and English Law
Legal Personnel and the Judiciary
Access to Justice and Funding
Parliamentary Law Making
Delegated Legislation
Statutory Interpretation
Judicial Precedent
Law Reform
The Civil Courts and Dispute Resolution
The Criminal Courts and Sentencing
Lay People: Magistrates and Juries
Criminal Law: Rules and Theory
General Elements of Liability
Fatal Offences Against the Person
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Property Offences
Preliminary Offences
Criminal Defences
Tort: Rules and Theory
Negligence
Occupiers' Liability
Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher
Vicarious Liability
Tort: Defences and Remedies
Contract: Rules and TheoryContract
Formation of a ContractContract
Contract TermsContract
Vitiating FactorsContract
Discharge of a ContractContract
Contract: RemediesContract
Human Rights: Rules and TheoryHuman rights
Topic overviewArticle 2 and Article 5: Life and LibertyArticle 11 and the Conditions for RestrictionRights, Liberties and Correlative DutiesThe Scope of Fundamental Human RightsArticle 2 Exceptions and the Article 5 GuaranteeInterfering with Article 8 RightsArticle 10: Freedom of Expression and Its LimitsThe Human Rights Act and Categories of Rights
Human Rights in International and UK LawHuman rights
The European Convention ArticlesHuman rights
Topic overviewFreedom of Association and Its LimitsArticle 2: Justified Deprivation of LifeArticle 5: Lawful Arrest and DetentionArticle 8: Private and Family LifeArticle 11: What It ProtectsArticle 2: Negative and Positive ObligationsThe Article 2.2 Exceptions in DetailArticle 5.1: Liberty and Security of PersonDetention under Article 5.1(a) to (c)Article 5.2 to 5.5: Information and ReviewArticle 10.1: Freedom of ExpressionWhich Paragraphs Permit RestrictionThe Grounds for Lawful DetentionEnforcing Rights in Strasbourg and by Judicial Review
Restrictions and EnforcementHuman rights
Topic overviewThe Common Requirements for RestrictionsLegitimate Aims and ProportionalityBringing a Claim to the Strasbourg CourtArticle 46, Judicial Review and Section 7 ClaimsPrescribed by Law and Necessary in a DemocracyLegitimate Aims for Restricting Articles 10 and 11Enforcement in Strasbourg and at HomeThe Two General Conditions for RestrictionLegitimate Aims across Articles 8, 10 and 11Who May Claim and How Rights Are EnforcedSupervising Judgments and Judicial Review Remedies
Reform of Human Rights LawHuman rights
Discharge of a Contract
- 4 subtopics
- 11 things to know
- Paper 3
- Paper 3, the law of contract — one of two options
What Discharge of a Contract covers
How a contract comes to an end: performance and the doctrine of substantial performance, actual and anticipatory breach, and frustration.
The 4 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Discharge by PerformanceRecall questions on what discharge means, the three routes to it, how performance discharges a contract and the doctrine of substantial performance.Open →
- Remedies for Breach of ContractRecall questions on expectation and reliance loss, causation, remoteness and mitigation, specific performance and when it is refused, rescission, termination for breach of a condition or warranty, and the choices after repudiatory breach.Open →
- Performance, Actual and Anticipatory BreachRecall questions on discharge by performance and the standard required, and on the difference between actual and anticipatory breach.Open →
- Frustration of a ContractRecall questions on what frustration is and when it discharges a contract, why foreseeable, self-induced or provided-for events do not count, and frustration through destruction, illegality, non-occurrence and personal incapacity.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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How does performance discharge a contract?
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What is anticipatory breach?
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What conditions must be satisfied for frustration to discharge a contract?
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What does the duty to mitigate require of a claimant?
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What is rescission as a contractual remedy?
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What is meant by discharge of a contract by performance?
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How may anticipatory breach be implied?
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How may destruction of subject matter lead to frustration?
Process
By what three routes may a contract be discharged, and what are substantial performance and anticipatory breach?
Process
What do expectation and reliance loss each compensate, and what must be proved about causation?
Take Discharge of a Contract further
The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Fraudulent misrepresentation vs Innocent misrepresentation
Fraudulent misrepresentation: false statement made knowingly or recklessly. Innocent misrepresentation: false statement made with reasonable belief in its truth.
Rescission vs Damages
Rescission: setting the agreement aside and restoring the parties. Damages: monetary compensation for legally recognised loss.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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What does discharge of a contract mean?
Model answer
Discharge of a contract means the ending of contractual obligations between the parties.
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Name the three ways in which a contract may be discharged.
Model answer
A contract may be discharged by performance, breach, or frustration.
- 3
How does performance discharge a contract?
Model answer
Discharge by performance occurs when both parties have completely fulfilled all their contractual obligations.
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What is the doctrine of substantial performance?
Model answer
Substantial performance is an exception allowing discharge where a party has performed most but not all obligations, with a deduction for defects.
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What is anticipatory breach?
Model answer
Anticipatory breach occurs when a party indicates before the performance date that they will not perform their obligations.
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How does express anticipatory breach arise?
Model answer
Express anticipatory breach arises when a party explicitly states that they will not perform their contractual obligations.
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Discharge of a Contract revision questions
- What does Discharge of a Contract cover in AQA A-Level Law?
- 4 subtopics: discharge by performance, remedies for breach of contract, performance, actual and anticipatory breach and frustration of a contract. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Discharge of a Contract organised?
- By the AQA 7162 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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