Privity of consideration: In England consideration must move from the promisee. If it is furnished by any other person ,the promisee becomes a stranger to the consideration and,therefore,cannot enforce the promise promisee seeking to enforce an agreement must show that he himself furnished the consideration for the promise give by the other party.The principle is known as the doctrine of privity of consideration.
This principle is not applicable in India.
Privity of contract : A contract cannot confer any right on one who is not a party to the contract even though the very object of the contract may have been to benefit him.Only a person who is party to a contract can sue on it.
This principle is applicable in INDIA.
Privity refers to the legal term for a close, mutual, or successive relationship.
Privity of contract means actually being a part of the agreement. You cannot put obligations on someone that is not a party to the agreement.
The term is privity. For many years if there was not privity, a contract between the two parties, there was no ability to hold them responsible for damages. Buick v. McPherson stated that there was no requirement for privity to bring suit.
looking at the case law and other authorities do you think that contract law today is based on yhe three principles of privity of contarct,sanctity of contarct andfreedom of contract
Some exceptions to the doctrine of privity of contract include the assignment of contractual rights, beneficiaries under a trust, and collateral warranties provided by third parties. These exceptions allow non-parties to a contract to enforce or benefit from the terms of the contract.
The doctrine of privity in the common law of contract provides that a contract cannot confer rights or impose obligations arising under it on any person or agent except the parties to it. The premise is that only parties to contracts should be able to sue to enforce their rights or claim damages as such. However, the doctrine has proven problematic due to its implications upon contracts made for the benefit of third parties who are unable to enforce the obligations of the contracting parties.
The doctrine of privity refers to the legal principle that contracts only create rights and obligations for the parties directly involved in the agreement. This means that third parties, who are not part of the contract, generally cannot enforce its terms or claim benefits from it. However, there are exceptions, such as in cases where a statute allows third-party rights or in situations involving trusts. Overall, the doctrine emphasizes the exclusive nature of contractual relationships.
Richard S. Rachlin has written: 'Is privity alive and well in third-party suits for legal malpractice?' -- subject(s): Lawyers, Malpractice
Any legally binding agreement voluntarily entered into by two or more parties that places an obligation on each party to do or not do something for one or more of the other parties and that gives each party the right to demand the performance of whatever is promised to them by the other parties. To be valid, all parties must be legally competent to enter a contract, neither the objective nor any of the obligations or promised performances may be illegal, mutuality of the agreement and of its obligations must exist, and there must be consideration. See also acceptance, offer, privity, tender, breach of contract, and bargain.
Privity(stranger cannot sue) to contract:Legally recognized relationship between two parties.Only the parties to a contract owe duties to one another & realize any benefits under the contract. The contracting parties also have the ability to sue one another for breach of contract. Privity of contract can also be given to 3rdparties through delegation of duties.General concept: As general rule of contract a stranger can give consideration but cannot file sue.Exception:When a stranger can file suit?In case of trust the beneficiary can-file-sue:A father(settlor author) gives his property to Trustee with trust deed. After then, Son (beneficiary) come in trust for take property, but trustee don't give property to him. In this situation, Son( beneficiary) can file sue against(upon) trustee, even though he is "stranger"In case of family settlement agreement:E.g. A & B get married A's father agreed with B's father to pay Rs. 5000 per month to B [daughter-in-law]. Later, father-in-law refused to pay money to B. Here, 'B' can file sue upon A's father.In case of acknowledgment (to admit something) given by third-party:E.g. Debtor pays Rs. 10,000 to agent and promises to pay the money to creditor. Here, creditor can file sue upon agent if does not pay.Estoppel: "stop from denying""Once you have confirmed something you cannot cancel it"In case of convent (condition) running(attached) with land:If any dues of government is outstanding in respect of land/ recover it from the buyer of land & building.In case of marriage agreement: [see just as point no.2]An agreement made without consideration is void."No consideration No contract"General concept: Generally, it is said that "if there is lack of consideration, there will be no contract"E.g. "An elder brother agrees to pay Rs. 10,000 to his younger brother." Suppose, elder brother fails to perform the promise. Can younger brother take legal action?No, because it is a social agreement and not support by consideration.Exception: There are 5 situation in which there is no consideration even though there is contract:Agreement based upon natural love & affection [attachment]: An agreement based upon love & affection will be valid if all of these conditions are satisfied.The promise must be written.It must be signed by promisor.It must be registered.It must be based upon nature love & affection.There must be near relation between parties.E.g. Husband agreed in writing to pay Rs, 5000 per month to his wife. The agreement is signed & registered. Husband referred that there was several/frequent disputes between the couple, after 2 months the husband stopped payment.The court held there is no love & affection between parties. So, this agreement is void.Agreement to compensate for past-voluntary-services (P.V.S)E.g. X finds Y's purse and gives it to him. Y promises to give rs.500 to x. this is a valid even though the consideration did not move at the desire of Y, the promisor.E.g. X a neighbor helped putting down the fire in Y's house. Afterwards, Y promised X to give Rs. 1000. This is a valid contract even though the consideration did not move at the desire of the promisor.This agreement is valid, because if following conditions: Writing, sign by promisor, and P.V.SPromise to pay T.B.D i.e. Time-barred-debt[Period-prohibited-loan]A debt which limitation period is over i.e. 3 year from the due date/default date. E.g. A debtor agrees to pay rs. 1000/- to creditor out of Time-barred-debt of Rs. 10,000/-If this agreement promise is in writing, signed, then it will be valid.According to law of limitation, a debt which remains unpaid or unclaimed for a period of 3 years becomes a time barred debt which is legally not recoverable. But a promissory note issued in personal capacity by the wife of a debtor to pay his time barred debt of her husband is not enforceable.Agency agreement [relation of principal & agent]: No need of considerationCompleted gift: The gift actually made by a donor and accepted by the donor are valid even without consideration. Thus, a completed gift needs no consideration.E.g. X transferred some property to Y by a duly written and registered deed as a gift. This is a valid contract even though no consideration moved.
Stranger to consideration can sue but not stranger to contract.According to sec 2(d) of Indian contract act,1872. Consideration definition says that "when at the desire of the promisor, promisee or any other person- has done or abstained from doing ,does or abstains from doing, promises to do or abstains from doing something".According to this definition law only considers that in a contract consideration should be there,and it is immaterial who has supplied consideration. that is ,a stranger can also give consideration. so when promisee does not give consideration and if it is supplied by stranger, than promisee becomes stranger to consideration. so promisee though he does not give consideration he can sue promisor for enforcing the contract i.e enforcing promise given by promisor, because consideration is there and it is supplied by some third party.According to Privity of contract it says stranger to contract cannot sue: because only parties to the contract can proceed against one another and not a third person.That is a third person cannot file a suit on a party to the contract for enforcement of promise.Example: Dunlop Pnuematic vs Selfridge co.,case facts once refer.Ex: suppose if x sells his property to y and in turn y promises x that he would pay off the debt of x which is due to z. In such a case, if y did not pay the debt money to z, then z cannot file suit on y because z is stranger to contract.So stranger to consideration can sue but not a stranger to contract.
American law since its inception has derived from the theory of jurisdiction of the state over geographic areas and the concerns therein, an idea which derived from its preceding English common law. The conception was that everything the sovereign monarch could see, was his domain to rule.American law is not generally based on a privity ideal. One is typically "subject to U.S. jurisdiction", and not "in privity with the U.S." Nevertheless, there are some areas of U.S. law where the state interacts with citizens and non-citizens subject to its jurisdiction differently. But the Constitutional law concept of due process of law is so universal in its conception, however, that it is not one of them.