Williams V Roffey
Therefore Williams was entitled to payment. Whether performance of an existing duty can amount to consideration. Pin Na Nastenke Perfomers Guitar Effect Chains James v Morgan 1663 83 Eng Rep 323 refused to enforce contract calculating purchase price of a horse based upon 2 pence for the first nail in the horses shoes doubled for each of an additional 31 nails. . His Honour Judge A E Townsden. This is preferable to three recently mooted alternatives to consideration as the primary test of enforceability. Williams v Roffey Bros Nicholls Contractors Ltd 1991 1 QB 1. The appellants Roffey Bros were builders who were contracted to refurbish 27 flats belonging to a housing corporation. Her Honour Judge D A Sweeney. Her Honour Judge W Strathdee. All that remains is to replace the bilateral contract analysis in Williams v Roffey with a unilateral contract analysis the promisor is only bound if the stipulated perfo...