Insights by Penningtons Manches Cooper: Second sight or hindsight?

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP | The Commercial Litigation Journal | January/February 2020 #89
Clare Arthurs and Nicole Finlayson peer into their contractual crystal ball ‘The parties simply had not turned their minds to the set of circumstances that actually arose, ie a sale at a sum other than the sum contemplated.’ The facts of Barton v Gwyn-Jones [2019] appear straightforward. When Mr Barton verbally contracted with Foxpace Ltd …

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Contract: Give it back

Walker Morris LLP | The Commercial Litigation Journal | January/February 2020 #89
Lynsey Oakdene and Claire Acklam review recent case law on restitution ‘Proceeding to do business without a comprehensive written contract, and ultimately having to rely on a restitutionary remedy, can prove a false economy.’ Quantum meruit is a principle of natural justice which, in the absence of any other (contractual, tortious or statutory) cause of …

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