Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v Selfridge & Co Ltd [1915]
consideration must move from the promisee
Thomas v Thomas [1842]
consideration must be sufficient - “some value in the eyes of the law”
Chappell & Co v Nestlé Co Ltd [1960]
Consideration need not be adequate, but it must be sufficient.
Re McArdle [1951]
past consideration is not good consideration
Foakes v Beer [1884]
A promise to pay part of the debt cannot normally be sufficient consideration
Collins v Godefroy [1831]
A promise to perform a public duty imposed by law is not normally sufficient consideration
Lampleigh v Braithwait [1615]
doctrine of implied assumpsit - assume that the service was meant to be paid for and will enforce a later promise to pay
Stilk v Myrick [1809]
No valid consideration where there is an existing contractual duty
Combe v Combe [1951]
The equitable doctrine of promissory estoppel can sometimes be used to enforce an agreement that might otherwise fail due to a lack of consideration. prevents party A from withdrawing a promise made to party B, if party B has reasonably relied on that promise
Hughes v Metropolitan Railway [1877],
promissory estoppel will be only suspensory
