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A contract creates rights and obligations for the parties involved. When all obligations under a contract have been fulfilled, the contract terminates. If a party fails to perform their obligations under the contract or refuses to do so, it results in a breach of contract. There are two types of breach: actual breach, where a party fails to fulfill their promise; and anticipatory breach, where a party indicates before the time for performance that they will not fulfill their obligations. When a breach occurs, the wronged party is known as the aggrieved party and has several legal remedies available to them, including rescinding the contract, suing for damages or specific performance, seeking an injunction, or claiming compensation on a quantum meruit basis
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A breach of contract occurs when one party fails to perform their obligations under the terms of a binding agreement. There are two types of breach - anticipatory and actual. Remedies for breach include suing for damages or compensation, an injunction, quantum meruit, rescission of the contract, or specific performance. Damages can be ordinary, special, exemplary, nominal, pre-fixed, or for deterioration. The landmark Hadley v. Baxendale case established that damages must have been foreseeable or naturally arise from the breach.
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These slides include understanding for Performance of contract, Discharge of contract & remedies for Breach of Contract.
Performance of contract
This document discusses various aspects of contract law including performance of contracts, discharge of contracts, breach of contracts, and remedies for breach of contracts. It defines performance of contracts as both parties fulfilling their obligations. It describes two types of performance - actual and attempted. It also discusses who can demand performance and who will perform the contract. The document then covers quasi contracts, discharge of contracts through various modes like performance, agreement, impossibility of performance, lapse of time, and operation of law. It defines breach of contracts and provides examples of different remedies for breach like recission, specific performance, injunction, quantum merit, and damages.
REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
This document discusses remedies for breach of contract, including rescission, damages, quantum meruit, specific performance, and injunction. It defines each remedy and provides examples. Rescission allows a party to treat a contract as voided due to breach. Damages provide monetary compensation for losses from breach. Quantum meruit applies when partial performance justifies compensation. Specific performance requires literal fulfillment of contract terms. Injunctions enforce negative contract obligations.
Performance of Contracts to students.pptx
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Power point presentation on Breach of contract
A breach of contract occurs when a party fails to perform their contractual obligations or expressly refuses to perform. This makes them the defaulting party, while the other party is considered aggrieved. A material breach is a serious violation of contract terms that essentially voids the entire contract, excusing the non-breaching party from their obligations and allowing them to seek legal remedies for damages caused by the breach. Remedies available to the aggrieved party include general, vindictive, nominal, and liquidated damages.
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- 1. Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology Submitted to: Submitted by: Professor Nirmala Usha Arora 15105020 MBAM
- 2. A Contract gives rise to rights and obligation. When the obligation under a contract have been performed, the contract terminates. A contract is discharged only by performance of obligation. “ If a party to a contract does not perform his obligation , or refuse to fulfil it or disabled himself from fulfilling it is known as breach of contract.”
- 3. Types of breach of contract : 1) Actual breach of contract 2) Anticipatory breach
- 4. When a party does not fulfil his promise or refuse to perform it, breach of contract take place. In that contract, another party is technically known as aggrieved party. Such aggrieved party has got various legal remedies.
- 5. 1) Rescission of the contract 2) Suit for damages 3) Suit for specific performance 4) Suit injunction 5) Suits upon quantum merit
- 6. When a party makes breach of contract by not fulfilling his obligation, the aggrieved party has a right to rescind such contract. The aggrieved party gets released from his obligation in that contract.
- 7. On making a breach of contract by a party, the aggrieved party may suffer monetary loss. In such case, the aggrieved party has a right to claim for compensation.
- 8. Type of Damage: 1) Ordinary Damage 2) Special Damage 3) Exemplary Damage 4) Nominal Damage
- 9. Breach of contract take place and aggrieved party suffer a loss. These losses may be of nature that damage granted for these by court may be inadequate. It is because such losses can not be measured in term of money.
- 10. In a contract if the party has made a promise for not doing something, and that party makes a breach of contract by doing that thing. To prevent such party form doing that act an order of injunction may be claimed by an aggrieved party.
- 11. In a contract the promisor may be in the process of performing his promise. Before he completes it, the promisee make a breach of contract. The aggrieved party can also claim for quantum meruit. Quantum Meruit aggrieved party can also claim for the reasonable cost of work done by him in the contract.