Module 18 - Frustration
Topics
- Introduction
- Impossibility of performance
- A different venture
- The Coronation Cases
- Unforeseen difficulty in performance
- The Suez Cases
- A special rule for leases of land?
- Self-induced frustration
- Modern requirements for frustration
- Burden of proof
- The effect of frustration
- Contractual provisions dealing with supervening events
- Construction of clauses purporting to avoid frustration
- Terms impliedly avoiding frustration
- Force Majeure Clauses - anatomy
- Construction of Force Majeure Clauses
- Words and phrases in Force Majeure Clauses
- Force Majeure clauses and the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
Cases
- Anglo-Northern Trading Co Ltd v Emlyn Jones & Williams [1917] 2 KB 78
- Appleby v Myers (1867) LR 2 CP 651
- Avery v Bowden (1855) 5 E&B 714
- Bank Line Ltd v Arthur Capel & Co [1919] AC 435 HL
- Bell v Lever Brothers Ltd [1932] AC 161 HL
- Blackburn Bobbin Co Ltd v TW Allen & Sons Ltd [1918] 2 KB 467 CA
- BP Exploration Co (Libya) Ltd v Hunt (No. 2) [1979] 1 WLR 783
- Bremer Handelsgesellschaft mbH v C Mackprang Jr [1979] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 221
- Bremer Handelsgesellschaft mbH v Vanden Avenne-Izegem PVBA [1978] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 109 HL
- Brewster v Kitchell (1691) 1 Salk 198; 91 ER 177
- British Movietonews Ltd v London & District Cinemas [1952] AC 166 HL
- Budgett & Co v Binnington & Co [1891] 1 QB 35 CA
- Carapanayoti & Co Ltd v ET Green Ltd [1959] 1 QB 131
- Chandler v Webster [1904] 1 KB 493 CA
- Channel Island Ferries Ltd v Sealink UK Ltd [1998] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 823
- Coastal (Bermuda) Petroleum Ltd v VTT Vulcan Petroleum SA (no 2) (The Marine Star) [1996] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 383
- Countess of Warwick Steamship Co v Le Nickel Société Anonyme [1918] 1 KB 372
- D Gaon & Co v Societé Inter-Professionelle des Oléagineaux Fluides Alimentaires [1960] 2 QB 334
- Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council [1956] AC 696 HL
- Edwinton Commercial Corporation v Tsavliris Russ (Worldwide Salvage & Towage) Ltd (The “Sea Angel”) [2007] EWCA Civ 547; [2007] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 517 CA
- European Grain and Shipping Ltd v JH Rayner Ltd [1970] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 239
- Fairclough, Dodd & Jones Ltd v JH Vantol Ltd [1957] 1 WLR 136 HL
- Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd [1943] AC 32 HL
- Ford & Sons (Oldham) Ltdv Henry Leetham & Sons Ltd (1915) 21 Com Cas 55
- Fyffes Group Ltd v Reefer Express Lines Ltd (The Kriti Rex) [1996] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 171
- Gamerco SA v ICM/Fair Warning (Agency) Ltd [1995] 1 WLR 1226
- Herne Bay Steam Boat Company v Hutton [1903] 2 KB 683 CA
- Hong Guan & Co Ltd v R Jumabhoy [1960] AC 684
- J Lauritzen AS v Wijsmuller BV (“The Super Servant Two”) [1980] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1 CA
- Jackson v Union Marine Insurance Co Ltd (1874) LR 10 CP 125
- Joseph Constantine Steamship Line Ltd v Imperial Smelting Corporation Ltd [1942] AC 154 HL
- Koninklijke Bunge v Cie Continentale d’Importantion [1973] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 44
- Krell v Henry [1903] 2 KB 740 CA
- Larrinaga & Co v Société Franco-Américaine des Phosphates de Medulla (1923) 92 LJKB 455 HL
- Lebaupin v Crispin [1920] 2 KB 174
- Mamidoil-Jetoil Greek Petroleum SA v Okta Crude Oil Refinery AF (No 2) [2003] EWCA Civ 1031 CA
- Maritime National Fish Ltd v Ocean Trawlers Ltd [1935] AC 524 PC
- McRae v Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1951) 84 CLR 377
- Metropolitan Water Board v Dick Kerr & Co [1918] AC 119 HL
- National Carriers Ltd v Panalpina (Northern) Ltd [1981] AC 675 HL
- Pancommerce SA v Veecheema BV [1983] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 304, 306 CA
- Paradine v Jane (1647) Aleyn 26; 82 ER 897
- Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd (The Nema) [1982] AC 724 HL
- PJ van der Zijden Wildhandel NV v Tucker & Cross Ltd [1975] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 240
- Samuel Sunday & Co v Cox, McEuen & Co (1922) 10 Ll L Rep 409
- Taylor v Caldwell (1863) 3 B&S 826; 122 ER 309
- Tennants (Lancashire) Ltd v CS Wilson & Co Ltd [1917] AC 495 HL
- The Penelope [1928] P 180
- The Torrenia [1983] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 210
- Tradax Export SA v Andre & Cie [1976] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 416
- Trade & Transport Inc v Iino Kaiun Kaisha Ltd (The Angelia) [1973] 1 WLR 210
- Tsakiroglou & Co Ltd v Noblee Thorl GmbH, [1962] AC 93 HL
- Whincup v Hughes (1871) LR 6 CP 78
