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Law of Contract
Reference received: 29 June 1966
Note: This has been classified as a “standing reference” such that research work will not be done on it unless the Commission so decides or the Attorney General so directs. But see Reference 8: Infancy in relation to contracts and property;Reference 22: Contracts and the conflict of laws; Reference 33: Frustrated contracts; Reference 43: Insurance contracts; Reference 99: The rule in Pigot's Case
Terms of reference
To review the law of contract with a view to its codification.
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