Law A-Level
Risk Allocation and Frustration
What Risk Allocation and Frustration means in Law A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Risk Allocation and Frustration
The shift from absolute contractual liability established in Paradine v Jane (1647) to the recognition of external intervening events that fundamentally alter the nature of the bargain, necessitating a judicial reallocation of loss.
Topics that use Risk Allocation and Frustration
- Law of contract (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Equitable Discretion
- Equitable Mitigation of Hardship
- Freedom of Contract
- Implied Term
- Limitation of Liability
- Objective Theory of Agreement
- Repeat Performance
- Sanctity of Contract
Using Risk Allocation and Frustration in the exam
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