North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board

Running Head: Common Law Assignment
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LST2BSL
Common Law Assignment
Student’s Name
12/20/2019

“Common Law Assignment”
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Contents
Issue 1..............................................................................................................................................1
Rules 1.............................................................................................................................................1
Application 1...................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion 1....................................................................................................................................2
Issue 2..............................................................................................................................................2
Rules 2.............................................................................................................................................3
Application 2...................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion 2....................................................................................................................................4
Issue 3..............................................................................................................................................4
Rules 3.............................................................................................................................................4
Application 3...................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion 3....................................................................................................................................5
Issue 4..............................................................................................................................................5
Rules 4.............................................................................................................................................5
Application 4...................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion 4....................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

“Common Law Assignment”
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Issue 1
The issue here is to check that whether the discussion happened between Mary and Five Start
Flour regarding the gluten-free quality of almond flour is a term of the contract or not.
Rules 1
A contract gives rise to legal rights and responsibilities to the parties and in case of breach of any
such obligation, attracts liability. A contract can be developed either way i.e. oral or written
manner. Usually, before making a formal contract, parties often do some negotiations and
discussions regarding various aspects of contract such as in relation to the subject matter, pricing
and so on and later enters into a formal contract. Such negotiations are considered only puffs and
not the terms of the contract due to the absence of intention to bind each other. It means, in
general, the discussion that happened between the parties is not regarded as terms of the contract.
Nevertheless, in some of the situations, the exception can be allowed. The decision was given in
the case of “Birch v Paramount Estates (1956) 167 EG 196” is necessary to have a look upon. In
this case, the court has allowed oral statements as a term of the contract as parties were aware of
specific knowledge, even though the written contract did not contain any such term (Furmston,
2017). This decision is a crucial one that has made a difference between representation and terms
of the contract. In the reasoning of the case, the focus has been made on the intention of parties
in relation to the oral negotiations made before the contract. “Heilbut, Symons & Co v Buckleton
[1912] UKHL 2”, is another important case where the court provided that if the main reason for
developing the contract is a particular statement then the same should be considered as a term or