AQA A-Level Law 7162
The Nature of 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
Human Rights in International and UK LawHuman rights
The European Convention ArticlesHuman rights
Restrictions and EnforcementHuman rights
Reform of Human Rights LawHuman rights
Formation of a Contract
Consideration, Privity and Legal Relations
- 3 things to know
- Paper 3
Overview
Recall questions on existing duties and part payment as consideration, privity and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, and the presumptions about intention to create legal relations in domestic and commercial agreements.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What is meant by privity of contract?
What presumption applies to domestic and social agreements regarding intention to create legal relations?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
Does performing an existing duty owed to the promisor constitute good consideration?
Model answer
Generally no, unless a practical benefit is conferred on the promisor beyond the existing duty.
- 2
Is part payment of a debt good consideration for a promise to release the balance?
Model answer
No, part payment alone is not good consideration unless accompanied by fresh consideration.
- 3
What is meant by privity of contract?
Model answer
Privity of contract means only the parties to a contract can acquire rights or be subject to obligations under it.
- 4
Can a third party who is not privy to a contract sue to enforce a benefit promised under it?
Model answer
Generally no; a third party who is not privy to the contract cannot sue to enforce a benefit promised under it.
- 5
Under what circumstances does the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 allow a third party to enforce a contractual term?
Model answer
A third party may enforce a term if the contract expressly provides for this or if the contract purports to confer a benefit on them.
- 6
What is intention to create legal relations?
Model answer
It is the requirement that the parties intend their agreement to be legally binding.
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