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Capacity to Contract
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Contract with Minors
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],3 Categories of Minors’ Contracts
(A) Enforceable Contracts
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(i)  Contracts for Necessaries
Chapple v Cooper (1844) ,[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],‘ Necessary ’  does not mean  ‘ necessity ’
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],How the Court determine what is “necessary”?
Nash v Inman (1908) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Girton College - Cambridge University
Cambridge Students during the 1900s
Even if the 2-Part tests are fulfilled, the contract  may still be  UNENFORCEABLE  against the  minor,  if the terms of the contract are prejudicial  to minor’s interest ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],How much the minor have to pay? What is a  reasonable price   ? ,[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],(ii)  Beneficial contracts of Service
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Clements v London & North Western  Railway Co (1894) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],If the contract is made up predominantly  detrimental to the minor, the Court will invalidate  the contract as a whole
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Contract of Service also include contracts of  apprenticeship, education and training.
[object Object],[object Object],Contract of Service also include contracts to  write autobiography
Conclusion ,[object Object],[object Object]
(B) Voidable Contracts
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Why are such contracts voidable by the minor? ,[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Features of such contracts
Examples : ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],What if minor chooses  not  to repudiate  the contract?
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Whether the minor has repudiated the  contract in reasonable time is a  question of fact
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
(C) Void / Unenforceable Contracts
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Remedies against the minor
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Minors and Tort
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Protection for the adult
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Contract involving very young children
[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Persons of unsound mind
[object Object],[object Object],Persons who are drunken
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Corporations
Activity  From the following choices,  select the statement which most accurately describes a contract which is  enforceable  against a minor. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
ACTIVITY From the following choices, select the statement most accurately describes a contract which is void and unenforceable against a minor. ,[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object]

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