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Record 1 2015-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

If no personal skill of or supervision by the promisor is envisaged by the contract, the promisor may arrange for performance by another person on his behalf; but where the contract expressly or impliedly requires personal performance by the promisor, he may not delegate to any other person.

OBS

When a contract is "personal" in the sense that one party relies on the skill and judgment of the other, the latter must perform personally. Thus duties under a contract of service cannot be vicariously performed ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)

Spanish

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