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' Past Consideration Is Not Considered A Good Consideration?

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The statement in this question is “Consideration is the concept of legal value in connection with contracts. It is anything of value promised to another when making a contract. However, “past consideration is not considered a good consideration”. Please illustrate your answer with reference to 3 articles and case laws.” Consideration can be classified as one party expect to get benefit from other according to the act performed by parties with a contractual deal. The benefit can be something valuable such as product or service and not only the money. It can be divided into 3 type of consideration which is executed, executor and past consideration. Executed consideration defined as when the promise carried out and thus the act has been carried …show more content…

Past consideration refer to an act performed by one party as voluntarily and didn’t required the benefit, after that the other party make a promise. This can be said as past consideration. For example, Siti break her leg, Jan sees and rushes to her aid. Jan nurses her back to health then Siti promises to pay Jan. In the article “Consideration - in Acceptance of Contract”, this support Robert’s (2015) evidence that if an act is performed then a subsequent promise to pay by reference to that act is not enforceable as the consideration was past. Other that, he also noted that if there was an implication; the past promise to pay is enforceable. Under English Law, past consideration must not be recognised as a consideration. Past consideration regarded as gratuitous because the act done before a promise was made. For example, Ali help Abu to do the assignment, after finished the assignment, Abu promises to give Ali £5. Ali cannot take the money because this is past. However, if the parties who involved are understood that would be paid when something done in the business context and thus past consideration is

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