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Ward v Byham

[1956] EWCA Civ 1; [1956] 1 WLR 496; [1956] 2 All ER 318
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal of England and Wales (Civil Division)
Year1956
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Performance of (or a promise to perform) an act, even one a party is already under a public or statutory duty to do, can constitute good consideration where it confers a practical benefit on the promisor.

Area of Law

c

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