CONTRACT

LAW
Week 6: Contract Clause – Conditions and warranties

Your lesson
starts here!
Fr i d
ay S
essi
o n
1- vessel
2- The clause deals with the amount of notice needed to be given for the delivery of goods by ship.
3- buyer and seller
4- Probable readiness refers to the first date on which it is most likely that the buyer will make a ship available to the
seller for the purposes of loading and transporting the goods that are subject of the contract.
5- Shall means the same as must.
1-Decide on the date that the goods will be shipped.

2- Notify the seller of this date at least two days in advance.

3- Notify the seller of the approximate quantity of goods to be loaded.

4- Arrange a port at which the goods can be loaded onto a ship.

SPEAKING

session
Friday
 1- Drexler.
2- Because Drexler breached one of the terms (clause 2a). As a
consequence, Export Threads were unable to arrange for a
port for the loading of goods.
3-No.
Listening 3: 4- Yes.
Conditions 5- If the term breached by Drexler was a condition, Export
Threads could end the contract.
and
warranties
I don’t understand
Giving an explanation
• 1-c
• 2-b
• 3-a
Friday Se
ssion
Continue
working on the
next topics:

We will work on:

● Modal verbs

● Email of advice

● Language focus
Contract Law
Modal verbs

Email of advice

Language focus
 MODAL VERBS OF
POSSIBILITY
• These sentences come from Listening 3. Which of these words could fit
logically in each gap?
can / could / may / might

MAY
• They ……………sue you.
COULD
• I really don’t see how they ……………… sue us.
COULD
• They …………… n’t take any action against us.
we offer a generous out-of-court settlement, they might not sue us.

might sue you if you breach the contract.

you can assure us that such a breach will not happen again, we might not
take any further action.

think we can / could work together again in the future.

you raised your prices, we couldn’t work together.

Get ready for our Friday session
• What are the options for Export Threads? Here are some ideas:
• Terminate the contract immediately
• Threaten to terminate the contract if Drexler doesn't offer compensation
• Give Drexler another chance to avoid damaging the business
relationship
• Work in groups of 3 or 4 to role-play the meeting between the client, Mr
McKendrick, and his partners at Export Threads to discuss what to do next.
• Try to use the language from this unit as much as possible (phrases for asking
for clarification and giving explanation; can/could/may/might,etc.)
• Discuss the issue from both a legal and business point of view. You can invent
any necessary details.
 TEXT ANALYSIS: EMAIL OF
ADVICE
This email summarises the discussion between the lawyer, Mr Dawe, and his client. It
contains four errors of fact. Find and correct the errors.

Two weeks’ notice

a port for the
loading of goods
 rule in your favour

terminate
The email in Exercise 29
follows a standard pattern
for an EMAIL OF
ADVICE from a lawyer to Opening paragraph
a client. Match each
paragraph (1-5) with its Summary of the facts
correct label (a-e).

The legal issue

The lawyer’s advice

The lawyer’s
proposed action
 LANGUAGE
FOCUS
• Work on the
assignment called
Language Focus in the
virtual classroom.