QUESTIONSIn cases of breach of contract, the plaintiff can apply for damages, and another option whichcan be availed by them is specific performance, particularly when the damages fail to prove asan adequate compensation for the breach of contract. Specific performance is an order of thecourt where the court orders a person to do a particular task and is used usually in the casessurrounding the sale of land (Miller and Cross, 2015). When it comes to the personal servicescontract, the same is not awarded as a person cannot be forced to do a particular task in theirpersonal capacity. Page One Records v Britton[1968] 1 WLR 157 provides clarity in this matter.In this case the court did not grant the injunction order which was sought out as the same wasdeemed to specific performance order. This was because the impact of this order would havebeen to force the person to work for the plaintiff or not work at all, which was deemed as anunfair proposition by the court (E-Law Resources, 2017).Where both damages and specific performance fail to prove as adequate remedies, theaggrieved party can apply for an injunction order through which an individual can be stoppedfrom doing a particular act. Lumley v Wagner(1852) 42 ER 687 proves to be a good example forthis. In this case, the court allowed the injunction order which resulted in the defendant beingstopped from performing for a competitor as she had promised to perform for the plaintiff(Davies, 2015). A contract can also be discharged through frustration. When it such happens that thecommercial purpose of the contract is deprived, where none of the party is at fault, thecontract is deemed to be frustrated. And in such cases, the parties cannot sue each other for abreach of contract. When the terms covered under the contract are fulfilled, the contract isdeemed to be discharged through performance. In order to discharge the contract throughperformance, it is crucial that the promise made under the contract is fulfilled by all thecontracting parties. When a contract covers a condition that it would be completed uponpayment, the completion of the contract would require payment to be made (Andrews, 2015). In Cutter v Powell [1795] EWHC KB J13, the plaintiff’s husband had entered in a contractwhereby he had to perform certain duties at a ship for a period of eight weeks and as per thecontract, he was to be paid when the voyage was completed, and that too after ten days.However, just six weeks into the voyage, he died and this led to the plaintiff making a case[3]

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