Contract formation, implied terms, good faith and exclusion clauses

This webinar provides an overview of key recent developments and sets out a series of practical steps that practitioners should take in response to the issues discussed. Topics will include:

Contract formation

• formation of oral contracts
• Christie v Canaccord [2022] EWHC 1130
• intention to create legal relations
• Smit Salvage v Luster Maritime (The ‘Ever Given’) [2023] EWHC 697 (Admlty)

Implied terms

• application of the key tests
• Pixdene v Paddington [2022] EWHC 2765 (IPEC)
• Pan Ocean v Daelim [2023] EWHC 391 (Comm)

Good faith

• meaning of ‘good faith’
• Faulkner v Vollin Holdings [2022] EWCA Civ 1371
• express duties of good faith
• Optimares v Qatar Airways [2022] EWHC 2461 (Comm)

Exclusion and limitation clauses

• interpretation issues
• Soteria Insurance (formerly CIS) v IBM [2022] EWCA Civ 440
• application of the reasonableness test
• Microlise v Kemball [2023] EWHC 579 (KB)