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FB's Research Projects in Law
and Related Topics
CONTRACT LAW
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE
RP001 Should breach of promise
go?
Shortly after call to the
Bar in 1951 FB researched the current question of whether it
was time to abolish the civil action for breach of promise of
marriage. [1951.001]
1951.001.
DOCTRINE OF CONSIDERATION
RP002 Denning and
High Trees
While a lecturer and tutor
in Law at St Edmund Hall Oxford, FB researched the doctrine of
consideration and Lord Denning’s attempt to get round it
in the High Trees case. [1953.001]
1953.001.
MISTAKE
RP007 The true basis of Rules
on Mistake in Contract
In 1961 FB researched the
law of mistake in Contract with Patrick Atiyah (later Professor
of English Law in the University of Oxford). The two collaborated
on a paper examining the case law on the topic. [1961.002]
1961.002.
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