TY - JOUR

T1 - From contract to umbrella agreement

AU - Mouzas, S

AU - Furmston, M

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

N2 - It is now widely accepted that English contract law does not deal equally well across the whole range of agreements that are made. The model which fits best to English contract law is one in which the parties move immediately from no contract to completed contract. There is great difficulty with situations where the parties spend a long time in an area where there are obligations and understandings but not yet a fully completed contract. This article considers an important development that attempts to deal with this difficulty. That is the increasing use by contracting parties of what may be called umbrella agreements.

AB - It is now widely accepted that English contract law does not deal equally well across the whole range of agreements that are made. The model which fits best to English contract law is one in which the parties move immediately from no contract to completed contract. There is great difficulty with situations where the parties spend a long time in an area where there are obligations and understandings but not yet a fully completed contract. This article considers an important development that attempts to deal with this difficulty. That is the increasing use by contracting parties of what may be called umbrella agreements.

U2 - 10.1017/S0008197308000081

DO - 10.1017/S0008197308000081

M3 - Journal article

VL - 67

SP - 37

EP - 50

JO - The Cambridge Law Journal

JF - The Cambridge Law Journal

SN - 0008-1973

IS - 1

ER -