DOCTRINE OF ACCEPTANCE (CONTRACT LAW)
Acceptance of an offer means an unconditional agreement to all terms of that offer. Acceptance will often be oral or in writing, but in some
contract law blog Blogs
The contract law blog is aimed at educating clients, investors, businessmen, companies, corporations, individuals, organizations, traders and even advocates of the various aspects of a contract which span from the time an offer and acceptance is engaged, through the aspects of the consideration, terms of contract, interpretation of contract and the problems which may arise from a contractual relationship.
Contractual engagements can be quite complex in nature and their disputes are quite popular before the courts of law in Cameroon.
The spirit behind the blogs and their applicability in Cameroon are backed by the common law principles of contract law which has its origin from the United Kingdom by virtue of the Southern Cameroons High Court Law of 1955.
Worthy of note is the fact that when parties to a contract are properly aware of their positions vis a vis their rights and obligations, they will be properly guided on the steps to engage in view to enforce their respective positions especially in the event of a dispute.
We have therefore provided the respective blogs to inform clients on the aspects of a contractual relationships and the possible solutions they may have at their disposal to resolve disputes.
DOCTRINE OF OFFER (CONTRACT LAW IN CAMEROON)
For a contract to exist one party must have made an offer and the other party must have accepted it. Once the acceptance takes effect,
ELEMENTS OF CONSIDERATION (CONTRACT LAW)
Consideration is usually said to be something that represents either some benefit to the person making a promise (the promisor) or some detriment to the
FORMATION OF A CONTRACT IN CAMEROON
A contract is a written or spoken agreement intended to be enforceable by law.It is an agreement between two or more parties creating obligations that
EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE IN PINNEL’S CASE (DOCTRINE OF CONSIDERATION)
According to the rule on Pinnel’s case (1602), if a debtor pays a lesser sum of his debt to the creditor in exchange for the
HOW LONG DOES AN OFFER LAST (CONTRACT LAW)
An offer may cease to exist under any of the following circumstances;Specified TimeWhere an offeror states that an offer will remain open for a specific
IGNORANCE OF AN OFFER (CONTRACT LAW)
It is generally thought that a person cannot accept an offer of which they are unaware, because inorder to create a binding contract, the parties
IMPORTANCE OF INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATIONS IN A CONTRACT
In practice, it is rare for contract cases to involve problems with the requirement of intention to create legal relations. This is large because in
INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATIONS
If two or more parties make an agreement without any intention of being legally bound by it, that agreement will not be regarded by the
INVITATION TO TREAT (CONTRACT LAW IN CAMEROON)
Some kinds of transactions involve a preliminary stage in which one party invites the other to make an offer. This stage is called an invitation