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Bou-Simon v BGC Brokers LP

[2018] EWCA Civ 1525
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtEngland and Wales Court of Appeal
Year2018
StatusBinding authority

Summary

An oral variation of a contract containing a no-oral-modification clause is ineffective even where there has been partial performance of the purported oral variation.

Key Principle

The oral modification of a contract that contains a no oral modification clause is ineffective following Rock Advertising; the principle applies even where there has been partial performance of the oral variation.

Area of Law

contract

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