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Anson's Law of Contract

Anson's Law of Contract (31st edn)

Jack Beatson FBA, Andrew Burrows FBA, QC (Hon), and John Cartwright
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date: 16 June 2025

p. 45413. Discharge by Agreementlocked

p. 45413. Discharge by Agreementlocked

  • Jack Beatson, Jack Beatsonis a former Lord Justice of Appeal and Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, University of Cambridge; and is a Visiting Professor, University of Oxford
  • Andrew BurrowsAndrew Burrowsis Professor of the Law of England and Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford and (as of June 2, 2020) he has been appointed a Justice of the UK Supreme Court.
  • , and John CartwrightJohn CartwrightEmeritus Professor of the Law of Contract, University of Oxford

Abstract

Contract rests on the agreement of the parties: as it is their agreement that binds them, so by their agreement they may be discharged. This chapter begins by identifying two sources of difficulty, which render the topic of discharge by agreement one of considerable artificiality and refinement, and then discusses the forms of discharge by agreement, covering release, accord and satisfaction, rescission, variation, waiver, and discharge provisions contained in the contract itself.

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