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Frustrated Contracts Act 1944

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Sometimes a contract becomes impossible to complete or perform through no fault of either of the parties to that contract.

What happens in these circumstances?

Are either of the parties still liable?

It does not happen very often but  the law had to grapple with this type of situation and an Act of Parliament was passed  called of the Frustrated Contracts Act 1944.

The Act has only four sections so we reproduce in full below the two relevant sections. 

It does not happen very often but  the law had to grapple with this type of situation and an Act of Parliament was passed  called of the Frustrated Contracts Act 1944.

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Although too many words have been used in the sections,  they are still relatively easy to understand. 

We suggest that you empower yourself with as much knowledge of the law as possible on this very short Act of Parliament and then visit our specialist topics through the direct blue links below or through the related topics boxes at the top and the bottom of this page or from looking at our Master Index.

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