Termination for convenience clauses and good faith
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Article Title | Termination for convenience clauses and good faith |
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ERA Journal ID | 35445 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Gray, Anthony |
Journal Title | Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology |
Journal Citation | 7 (3), pp. 260-275 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Hellerup, Denmark |
ISSN | 1901-8401 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.jiclt.com/index.php/jiclt/article/view/160/158 |
Abstract | This article considers the legal validity of so-called termination for convenience clauses, which allow at least one party to the contract to terminate the contract without cause. Such rights are in contrast to more traditional approaches to contractual termination, which distinguished between breaches of condition and breaches of warranty, allowing termination only for the former. Specifically, it will be asked whether such termination for convenience clauses are consistent with requirements of good faith in contracting, the existence of which is itself contentious. As a result, it will be necessary to consider the current state of the law in Australia and elsewhere in relation to the extent to which good faith is and should be a feature of |
Keywords | employment contracts; ethics; terminations; contracting |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 500102. Business ethics |
480499. Law in context not elsewhere classified | |
480699. Private law and civil obligations not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Open access journal. Article © 2012 Anthony Gray. Published by JICLT. Note: See also eprints.usq.edu.au/21361, very similar, but title, abstract and some content are different. Both records retained in ePrints. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Law |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1644/termination-for-convenience-clauses-and-good-faith
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