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Mackay v Dick

(1881) 6 App Cas 251
JurisdictionSingapore
CourtHouse of Lords
Year1881
StatusBinding authority

Summary

A party cannot rely on non-fulfilment of a condition precedent where their own failure to cooperate prevented its satisfaction.

Key Principle

Where a contract contains a condition precedent requiring cooperation from one party, that party cannot rely on the non-fulfilment of the condition if they have prevented its satisfaction.

Area of Law

contract

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