Law of Contract and Tort I

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. Understand the place of law in Estate Management practice; 2. Become familiar with the fundamentals of contracts; and 3. Have basic knowledge of the law of Tort.

Nature of contract: Sources of law, concept of bargain, classification. Formation of contract: offer and acceptance, consideration, intention to create legal relations. Contents of contract: terms, representations exclusion and limiting terms and fundamental breach of terms. Capacity: infants, illiterates, corporations, mental patients and drunken persons. Vitiating elements of a contract: mistake, misrepresentation; duress; illegality and unenforceable contracts. Privity of contract: rules and exceptions. Discharge of contract: by performance, agreement, breach and frustration. Remedies/damages; equitable remedies in outline only, quantum merit claims in quasi contract.