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Contract: Making your mind up
Tom Whittaker weighs up the judicial scrutiny of contractual discretion ‘Historically, the court has required only that the relevant decision be made without arbitrariness, capriciousness and irrationality. More recent cases, however, suggest that the court may also require that the decision be reasonable.’ Contracts often confer obligations to make decisions, exercise discretion or form opinions …
Cases Referenced
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- Abu Dhabi National Tanker Co v Product Star Shipping Ltd (The 'Product Star') (No. 2) [1993] 1 Lloyd's LR 397
- Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1947] EWCA Civ 1
- Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd [2015] UKSC 17
- Cantor Fitzgerald International v Horkulak [2004] EWCA Civ 1287
- Hayes v Willoughby [2013] UKSC 17
- JML Direct Ltd v Freesat UK Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 34
- Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust v Compass Group UK and Ireland (t/a Medirest) [2012] EWHC 781 (QB); [2013] EWCA Civ 200
- Monde Petroleum SA v Westernzagros Ltd [2015] EWHC 67 (Comm); [2016] EWHC 1472 (Comm); [2018] EWCA Civ 25
- Paragon Finance plc v Pender & anor [2005] EWCA Civ 760
- Shurbanova v Forex Capital Markets Ltd [2017] EWHC 2133 (QB)
- Socimer International Bank Ltd v Standard Bank London Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 116
- Watson & ors v Watchfinder.co.uk Ltd [2017] EWHC 1275