Minors' capacity to contract under family law

[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

[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]

[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],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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