Contract Law

Martin Morgan-Taylor is an associate professor of commercial and consumer law at De Montfort University. He has experience in teaching contract, consumer and commercial law at undergraduate and master’s degree level and supervised PhD’s in broad consumer, commercial fields, as well as environmental law. His research fields also encompass these broad areas. Martin also has extensive experience with trans-national education, serving as a link tutor for overseas institutions and has many years’ experience in international student recruitment. He has formerly served as associate head, international for the law school.This textbook has been adapted from the CILEX Professional Qualification Foundation course book Contract Law written by Tracey Cooper.Tracey Cooper is the Director of Educational and Professional Development at Birmingham City University. Prior to this, she held the role of LLB Programme Director for seven years. Her teaching areas are Land Law, Contract Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. She has experience in teaching and leading programmes both at home and abroad, having taught at institutions in Mauritius and Hong Kong. Tracey is also a Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution accredited mediator. Her main research area is contract law, and she is co-author of Optimise Contract Law, Routledge, and Spotlights: Contract Law, Routledge. Prior to her transition into academia, she worked for 12 years as a Professional Tribunal Officer with the Valuation Tribunal Service.

• Table of Statutes Table of Secondary Legislation Table of Cases CHAPTER 1 The concept of contract CHAPTER 2 Agreement CHAPTER 3 Other requirements for formation of a valid contract CHAPTER 4 The contents of a contract CHAPTER 5 Exemption clauses and unfair terms CHAPTER 6 Vitiating factors CHAPTER 7 The discharge of contracts and remedies Index