Cards (4)

  • purpose to escape liability to pay damagers for a breach of contract
  • exclusion clauses: avoiding liability altogether
    liability clauses: limit liability to a certain amount
  • 3 to prove:
    1. clause must be incorporated in contract
    2. wording of exclusion clauses must cover what has happened
    3. clause must be allowed within statue law
  • protection given to businesses: George Mitchell V Finney Lock seeds- farmer lost £60,000 due to seed companys negligence £200 was not enough compensation for the farmer who had done nothing wrong