sufficiency

Part 2 - Consideration and Sufficiency

Below are the most relevant principles and leading cases regarding consideration and sufficiency:

Dunlop v Selfridge: The claimant must show that he or she has bought the defendant's promises, by doing, giving, or promising something in return for it (i.e., a promise not supported by consideration -a gratuitous promise- is not enforceable in law).

Thomas v Thomas: Consideration must be sufficient but not be adequate. The courts are not generally interested in whether there is a match in value between what is being offered by each contracting party.

White v Bluett: Consideration will not be sufficient if it has not economic value.