| CHAPTER 1B | ||
| Topic | Case | |
| Definition of consideration | Currie v Misa (1875) L.R. 10 Ex. 153 at 162 | |
| Adequacy and Sufficiency
à sufficient consideration |
Chappell & Co v Nestle Co Ltd [1960] AC 87 “胡椒粒”规则 | |
| Adequacy and Sufficiency
à sufficient consideration |
Bainbridge v Firmstone (1838) 1 Per & Dav 2 (QB) | 量水煲重量 |
| Action/ promise amount to consideration | Hamer v Sidway [1891] 27 N.E. 256 | 舅父承諾支付外甥，如其戒煙及其他壊習慣 |
| Action/ promise not amount to consideration | White v Bluett (1853) 23 LJ E36 | 兒子不投訴父親遺產分配以換取父親不告其欠債 |
| Past Consideration – Not good consideration | Roscorla v Thomas (1842), Re Mc Ardle (1951) | 買馬協議完成後賣家再加承諾馬兒健康但成交時買家才知馬有病 |
| Past Consideration – Not good consideration | Re McArdle [1951] Ch 669 | 兒子裝修祖屋後與兄弟姊妹們簽協議各人攤分裝修費用（協議字眼令人以為裝修尚未進行但其實已完祚, 兄弟們拒絕供款 |
| Past Consideration – Good consideration (i.e. Exception) | Lampleigh v Braithwait (1615) Hobart 105 | 犯人找人代尋求赦免，成功後主動提出賞金回報，但其後不履行承諾 |
| 1) Past Consideration – Good consideration (i.e. Exception)
2) Performance of Contractual duty owed to third party can be a consideration
3) No duress as Defendant has alternative choices |
Pao On v Lau Yiu Long [1980] AC 614 | Fu Chip 想買Pao On持有之大廈協議與 Pao On 互換股份 |
| Past Consideration – Good consideration (i.e. Exception) | Re Casey’s Patents (1892), Pao On v Lau Yiu Long PC (1980) | 幫人維持專利可合理地期望有回報，即使該回報承諾是在其完成有關專利維頀後才被提出 |
| Performance of contractual duty owed to the same promisor under a contract – Not good consideration | Stilk v Myrick (1809) 2 Camp. 317 | 船長不履行其後額外補償之承諾沒有問題 |
| Performance of contractual duty owed to the same promisor under a contract – Good consideration | Hartley v Ponsonby (1857) 7 E & B 872 | 海航期間海員人手突減致欠足夠具資歷海員令餘程危險 |
| Performance of an existing Public duty (Performance of Duty Imposed by Law) – Not Good Consideration | Collins v Godefroy (1831) 1 B. & d. 950 | 被告承諾付錢給原告，作為其幫忙出庭作證之報酬 |
| Performance of an existing Public duty (Performance of Duty Imposed by Law) –Good Consideration | Williams v Williams [1957] 1 All E.R. 305 | 離婚婦履行承諾（自力生活及不用前夫擔保來借貸）但仍拿不到贍養費 |
| Performance of duty owed to a Third Party – Sufficient Consideration | Scotson v Pegg (1861) 6 H&N 295 | 甲按第三者契約運煤予乙之行為可成為約因 to enforce 甲與乙之間之另一契約（乙收到煤後需卸煤 |
| Performance of duty owed to a Third Party – Good Consideration | Shadwell v Shadwell (1860) 9 CBNS 159 | 姨甥追討舅父遺產作為其生前承諾每月付款以 induce姨甥結婚 |
| Performance of duty owed to a Third Party – sufficient Consideration | New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v AM Satterthwaite & Co Ltd (The Eurymedon) [1975] AC 154 | 裝卸工人卸貨不小心導致貨物損毀 |
| Consideration Must Move from the Promisee | Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge HL(1915) | |
| Consideration and Motive | Thomas v Thomas (1842) 2 QB 851 | 丈夫（遺囑人）望死後將屋交予妻子但未在遺囑訂明，死後遺囑執行人承諾會履行遺囑人意願將屋交妻子，唯需該妻子每年交付一英鎊作代價 |
| Promissory Estoppel – shield not sword | Combe v Combe [1951] 2 KB 215 | 妻子收不到贍養費以 Promissory Estoppel doctrine 上訴 |
| Promissory Estoppel – use only as Shield not Sword | Bestkey Development Ltd v Incorporated Owners of Fine Mansion ([1999] 2 HKLRD 662, CA) | |
| Promissory Estoppel | Hartley v Hymans [1920] 3 KB 475 | 賣家要求遲運貨，買家先同意但貨到後反口拒絕遲交 |
| Promissory Estoppel | Luo Xing Juan Angela v The Estate of Hui Shui See
Willy & Others (2009) 12 HKCFAR 1 |
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| Promissory Estoppel – suspended and extinguish rights | Central London Property Trust Limited v High Trees House Limited [1947] KB 130 高树案 | 大戰期間屋宇未能分租，原業主提出可減一半租，戰後原業主還原原來租價但要求租戶補回減租期間少收的租金 |
| Variation of Contract – change of policy – Good consideration | Williams v Roffey Bros & Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd [1991] 1 QB 1 –
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屋宇翻新工程外判後外判工做唔切判頭主動加補償但後來冇比足 |
| Promissory Estoppel – change of position of Promisor | Alan & Co Ltd v El Nasr Export & Import Co [1972] 2 WLR 800 | 肯雅賣咖啡豆予坦桑尼亞以肯雅幣報價，但 credit agreement set up in 英鎊，第一次 shipment 以英鎊成功成交，其後英鎊跌，肯雅賣方要求以肯雅幣結算 |
| Promissory Estoppel
a) must be inequitable to allow the promisor to go back on the promise / Purely extinctive
b) Part-payment of Debt – in different forms |
D&C Builders Ltd v Rees [1966] 2 QB 617 | 被告(Debtor)人妻子得知原告(Creditor)財困便向其壓價，原告無奈接受後告上法庭討回合約餘款 |
| Promissory Estoppel – insufficient ground to invoke the doctrine | The Post Chaser (1876) 1 QBD 410 Promisor | Promisor 反悔不履行 later promise 但 Promisee 沒有受損 |
| Part-payment of Debt | Pinnel’s Case (1602) 5 Co. Rep. 117a | |
| Partial Payment of Debt – Not good consideration
(Promissory Estoppel – but this time, it is held that implied promise from promisor is not enforceable without promisee’s consideration) |
Foakes v Beer (1884) 9 App Cas 605 | 債主接受分期償債不代表他不可 sue for 未償還之欠款 |
| Partial Payment of Debt – Not good consideration | Re Selectmove Ltd [1995] 1 WLR 474 | 公司欠稅，稅局允許分期繳付不代表不追討尚餘久款 |
| Partial Payment of Debt – Payment in different form (cheque / third party) | Inland Revenue Commissioners v Fry: ChD 30 Nov 2001 | 妻欠稅，其丈夫交不足欠額之支票並附上表示足欠款，以期稅局 encash 張票自動表示 accept this offer (where the sum of much lesser)，官判欠稅人敗訴 |
| Promissory Estoppel – Purely suspensory | Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co (1877) 2 App Cas 439 | |
| Promissory Estoppel – Partially suspend or partially extinguish right | Tool Metal Manufacturing Co Ltd v Tungsten Electric Company [1955] 1 WLR 761 | |
| Promissory Estoppel | Collier v P and M J Wright (Holdings) Ltd: CA 14 Dec 2007 | 三人分擔債務，任何一方償清其負責的三分一，可否脫離餘下債務 |
| Performance of duty imposed by law | Glasbrook Bros Ltd v Glamorgan County Council [1925] AC 270 | |
| Performance of duty imposed by law | Harris v Sheffield United FC [1988] QB 77 | 因有流氓前科，警察在球賽時加以巡守，事後討足球會補償，足球會不負，認為該巡守非其要求，官判警察有 provide consideration 以令球賽安全進行 |
| Performance of duty imposed by law | Ward v Byham [1956] 1 WLR 496 | 非法妻生了非法子，夫承諾如非法妻好好照顧孩子及令其快樂就每月付生活費，其後夫違諾充，官判妻勝訴 |