In this video Paul Darling QC, from Keating Chambers, discusses the characteristics of contractual termination and common law repudiation, and the differences between them.
Topics include:
-- How the courts generally approach termination clauses
-- Do contractual termination & common law termination co-exist?
-- How to decide if a breach is repudiatory
-- The position if a party chooses not to accept a repudiatory breach
-- Termination for convenience clauses
-- Problems with enforcing termination for convenience clauses
Cases referenced:
-- Rice (t/a Garden Guardian) v Great Yarmouth BC [2003] T.C.L.R. 1
-- Stocznia Gdynia SA v Gearbulk Holdings Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 75
-- Valilas v Januzaj [2014] EWCA Civ 436
You can watch the full-length version of this video here: https://uk.practicallaw.com/w-012-0986
