Impossibility in Europe
Definition of Impossibility
Impossibility of performance of a contract or a condition ab initio renders the contract or condition void, e.g., a condition attached to a legacy which it is impossible to fulfil, is void. A contract for the sale of specific goods which have perished at the time without the seller’s knowledge ie void. (Sale of Goods Act, 1893, s. 6.) As also where they cease to exist. (See Taylor v. Calckvell.) A contract for personal services, e.g., to play the piano, is discharged if prevented by the death or illness of the party (Robinson v. Davidson (1871), 6 Ex. 269). Supervening illegality discharges a contract. (See Esposito v. Bowdcn; Ertcl Bieber v. Rio Tinto; Hugh Stevenson’s Case.)
Specific performance of a contract which it is impossible to perform, or the terms of which it is impossible for the Court to enforce, will not be decreed
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