Contract Law - Contracts to which the 1943 Act doesn't apply

What this page is about: Contracts to which the 1943 Act doesn't apply

The Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943 doesn't apply to any of the following types of contract: (1) any charterparty, except a time charterparty or a charterparty by demise1, or to any contract (other than a charterparty) for the carriage of goods by sea2; (2) any contract of insurance3; or (3) any contract to which the provision of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 which relates to goods perishing before sale but after agreement applies4, or any other contract for the sale, or for the sale and delivery, of specific goods5 where the contract is frustrated by reason of the fact that the goods have perished6.

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888. Impossibility, frustration and mistake
889. Impossibility and frustration in general
890. Relative impossibility
891. Impossibility caused by a party to the contract
892. Intention of the parties: acceptance of the risk of impossibility
893. Alternative promises
894. Impossibility ab initio
895. Mistake of quality at common law
896. Mistake in equity
897. In general
898. Juristic basis
899. Fault of party: self-induced frustration
900. Ambit of doctrine of frustration: application to particular contracts
901. Leases and sales of land
902. Causes of frustration
903. Death or incapacity of party
904. Contract becoming onerous
905. Matters within scope of contemplation of parties
906. Force majeure clauses
907. What constitutes an act of God
908. Contracts made subject to licence
909. Introduction
910. Time of frustration
911. Frustration of part, or suspension, of a contractual obligation
912. Losses arising from frustration: effect at common law
913. Losses arising from frustration: effect by statute
914. Advance payments and sums accrued due before discharge
915. Payment for valuable benefit obtained
916. Severable provisions
917. Express provisions
918. Insurance moneys
919. Contracts to which the 1943 Act doesn't apply