Privity of Contract

Privity of Contract: A principle in contract law that a stranger to contract cannot sue.

Exceptions to Privity of Contract

1. Trust
2. Charge
3. Marriage Settlement
4. Partition and Family Arrangements
5. Acknowledgement and Estoppel
6. Covenants running with the land
7. Contract by Agents

CASE INDEX:

• Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co. Ltd. v. Selfridge & Co. Ltd.   [1915] AC 847   [Summary]
• Chinnaya Rau v. Ramaya   (1882) I.L.R. 4 Mad. 137   [Summary, p.79, para 6.3.2]
• Nawab Khwaja Muhammad Khan v. Nawab Husaini Begam   (1910) LR 37  I.A. 152   [Full Text]
• Tweddle v Atkinson   [1861] EWHC QB J57   [Summary]   [Full Text]
• Jamuna Das v. Ram Avtar   1911 II Ind Cas 91   [Summary]
• M.C. Chacko v. State Bank of Travancore   1970 AIR 500   [Summary]   [Full Text]