COMM231 Study Guide - Final Guide: Wrongful Dismissal, Disability Insurance, Vicarious Liability

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Discharge/termination of a contract: performance: when the contract is performed and therefore completed, vicarious performance: somebody else performs part of the b) contract. If uw hires a company to build a building and the company outsourced another company to complete one area of the work. If that area of work is not performed, the company will ultimately responsible to ensure the performance of the company they hire i. Privity of contract: you have right to pursue a contract because you are a party to the contract (donogue case cannot pursue the contract law as she is not the direct purchaser, therefore she pursued the tort law) Substantial performance: party to the contract has mostly completed the contract, but not entirely. E. g. you hired me as a brick builder and i have not completed 5% of the work, even if i have decided to not perform anymore, you still need to pay me.