Consideration

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Misa v Currie
promisee and promisor must each receive a benefit and suffer a detriment
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Thomas v Thomas
must be sufficient but not necessarily adequate (£1 per annum was sufficient)
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Williams v Roffey
promise to pay the rest of the money was sufficient consideration
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Re McArdle
consideration must not be in the past - promise to make another payment after consideration is not legally binding
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Tweddle v Atkinson
consideration cannot move from a 3rd party
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Stilk v Myrrick
existing contractual duty cannot be used as consideration for a new promise (e.g. payment)
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Pinnel
part-payment is not sufficient even if agreed to
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Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball
in unilateral contracts: executed consideration = a promise in exchange for an act
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must be sufficient but not necessarily adequate (£1 per annum was sufficient)

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Thomas v Thomas

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promise to pay the rest of the money was sufficient consideration

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consideration must not be in the past - promise to make another payment after consideration is not legally binding

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consideration cannot move from a 3rd party

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