Index

• Author: John D. McCamus
• Profession: Professor of Law. Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
• Pages: 1071-1094

Acceptance of offer s, 52–67

battle of the form s, 59–67, 69

communicat ion of offers, 67–82

counteroffers, reject ions and failed

accepta nce, 52–59

instant aneous communicati ons,

76– 82

postal accept ance rule, 73–76

revocation of offers, 74, 82–89

silence as accept ance, 68–73

timeliness and, 57–59

Act for the Prevention of Fraud s and Per-

juries, An see Statute of Frauds

Act Respecting Cha mperty, An, 441, 444

Actual undue in f‌luence, 384–385

Addis v. Gramaphone Co. ca se, 799

Aff‌irmat ion of transaction in mi srepre-

sentation, 342–343

Agreement execut ion in misrepresenta-

tion, 343–345

Agreements

conditiona l, 4, 672–68 8

oral, 160, 168, 174, 175, 187, 194, 195,

197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 204

partly ora l and written, 160

standard for m, 182–183, 192

written, 1, 3, 160–208

Agreements cont rary to public policy at

common law, 430–459

agreements facilitating immoral con-

duct or undermin ing marriage,

432–437

agreements to com mit an unlawful

act: crime, tor t, defrauding third

par ties, 430 –432

agreements un dermining other state

interests, 444–447

agreements un dermining the admi n-

istration of just ice, 438–444

covenants in re straint of trade,

447– 459

Kingshott v. Brunskill cas e, 432

Agreements to ag ree, 101–104, 117, 141,

156

Agreements to t ransfer interests in l and

and frust ration, 591–596

leases a nd, 591–593

sale of land and, 593 –596

Ambiguous agreement s, 498–504

consensu s ad idem and, 498, 499, 500

American Cyanimid Co. v. Ethicon Ltd.

cas e, 955

Anns test, 15 4

Anticipator y repudiation, 4, 651–671

doctrine of, 653, 654, 656

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elements of, 655– 658

Highway Properties Ltd. v. Kelly Doug-

las & Co. Ltd. case, 664– 665

Hochster v. De La Tour case, 652

loss mitigat ion in, 668

remedy of specif‌ic p erformance and,

669, 670

resciss ion and, 661

right to aff‌ir m, 654, 665–670

right to aff‌ir m vs. waiver of proposed

breach, 666

right to dis aff‌irm, 654, 658–665, 666,

667, 670

White & Carter (Councils) Ltd. v. Mc-

Gregor case, 667, 668, 669, 670

Anticompetitive practices, see Covenants

in restra int of trade

Assignment of contractual r ights

third-par ty benef‌iciaries a nd, 306–

307

Assumpsit, 16 0, 163

Attorney General v. Blake case, 972, 973,

974, 975, 976, 977, 978, 979

Auctions

negotiations an d offers and, 47–48

without reser ve, 48

Baggots Brass Beds Ltd . v. Neal Leasing

Inc. case, 797, 798

Baily v. De Crespigny cas e, 574

Bain v. Fothergill case, 820 –821, 822,

823

Balfour v. Balfour ca se, 129–130, 133

Bank of British Columbia v. Wren cas e,

333, 334, 335

Banque Bruss els Lambert SA v. Austral-

ian National Indu stries Ltd. case,

122–123, 124

Barclays Bank plc v. O’Brien case , 399,

400

Bargain the ory, 27, 212, 214–232

cert ainty, 218–219

charit able subscriptions, 228 –231

def‌inition of con sideration, 214–219

f‌irm offers, 219–220

forbearance, 226–228

Hamer v. Sidway ca se, 217

illusor y consideration, 220–221

implied consideration, 221–222

manufactur ers’ warranties, 231–232

nominal con sideration, 223–226

peppercorn theory, 222–223

Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon cas e,

221

Bargaini ng in good faith, 2, 137–159

Anns test, 15 4

certaint y of terms, 141–143

conduct of tendering pro cess, 147–

151, 156, 157

fair and equ al treatment, 148–151

Martel Building Ltd. v. Canada c ase,

153, 155, 157

non-disclo sure as misrepresent ation,

140

options to renew lea ses, 144–147,

153, 157

when there is no contr act yet, 151–

156, 157

Barnett v. Harriso n case, 619

Battle of the form s

acceptance of offer s and, 59–67, 69

Uniform Commercial Code (U .C.C.)

Section 2-207 and, 63– 67

Beaufort Realties 1964 Inc. v. Belcourt

Construction Ottawa Ltd. case, 767,

769

Behnke v. Bede Shipping Co. ca se, 919 –

920

Bell v. Lever Brothers Ltd. ca se, 530–531,

534, 535, 536, 541, 542, 544, 545,

547, 549, 551, 552n, 553

Bettini v. Gye case , 622–62 3

BG Checo Interna tional Ltd. v. British

Columbia Hydro & Power Authority

cas e, 700

B.G. Linton Construction L td. v. C.N.R.

Co. ca se, 765

Bigos v. Bousted case, 473

Bilateral cont ract, 68, 70, 86, 88, 215,

733

def‌inition of, 32

Blue pencil test, 450, 483, 48 8, 489, 490

Boomer v. Muir case , 970–971

Boone v. Eyre case , 621–622

Bowmakers Ltd . v. Barnet Instr uments

Ltd. ca se, 478, 479

Brinkibon Ltd. v. Stahag Sta hl Und

Stahlwarenhandelsgesellchaft mbH

case, 78, 79, 80, 81