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Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date	30 May 2008
ISBN	9781841137599

Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract

Last updated January 28, 2026

Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract (2008) is a book by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell, which outlines the key cases in English contract law.

Content

The cases discussed are,

Coggs v Barnard (1703) on bailment
Pillans v Van Mierop (1765) on the doctrine of consideration
Carter v Boehm (1766) on good faith
Da Costa v Jones (1778)
Hochster v De La Tour (1853) on anticipatory breach
Smith v Hughes (1871) on unilateral mistake and the objective approach to interpretation of contracts
Foakes v Beer ^[1] (1884) on part payments of debt (with a notable dissenting opinion by Lord Blackburn)
The Hong Kong Fir (1961) on innominate terms, allowing the court remedial flexibility
Suisse Atlantique Societe d'Armament SA v NV Rotterdamsche Kolen Centrale (1966)
Rearden Smith Lines Ltd v Yngvar Hansen Tangan or The Diana Prosperity (1976) 1 WLR 989 on a contextual approach to contractual interpretation
Johnson v Agnew (1979) that damages are to be assessed on the date when a breach can reasonably be discovered neither any cost

Reception

The book received reviews from publications including the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies ,^[2] The Journal of Legal History ,^[3] Revue trimestrielle de droit civil ,^[4] and the Australian Banking and Finance Law Bulletin .^[5]

References

↑ Foakes v Beer [1884] UKHL 1 , 9 App Cas 605, (1883-84) LR 9 App Cas 605, (1884) 9 App Cas 605(16 May 1884)
↑ Goh, Yihan (2009). "Reviewed work: Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract, Charles Mitchell, Paul Mitchell". Singapore Journal of Legal Studies: 296–300. JSTOR 24870296.
↑ Campbell, David (2009). "Book Review" . The Journal of Legal History. 30: 107–110. doi:10.1080/01440360902774789. S2CID 219627643.
↑ Descheemaeker, E. (2015). "Review of Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell (Eds.), Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution (Oxford, 2006), Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract (Oxford, 2008), Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort (Oxford, 2010), and Landmark Cases in Equity (Oxford, 2012)". Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Civil. 114.
↑ "Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract".

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[1] Foakes v Beer [1884] UKHL 1 , 9 App Cas 605, (1883-84) LR 9 App Cas 605, (1884) 9 App Cas 605(16 May 1884)

[2] Goh, Yihan (2009). "Reviewed work: Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract, Charles Mitchell, Paul Mitchell". Singapore Journal of Legal Studies: 296–300. JSTOR 24870296.

[3] Campbell, David (2009). "Book Review" . The Journal of Legal History. 30: 107–110. doi:10.1080/01440360902774789. S2CID 219627643.

[4] Descheemaeker, E. (2015). "Review of Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell (Eds.), Landmark Cases in the Law of Restitution (Oxford, 2006), Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract (Oxford, 2008), Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort (Oxford, 2010), and Landmark Cases in Equity (Oxford, 2012)". Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Civil. 114.

[5] "Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract".

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Landmark Cases in the Law of Contract

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