Minor Child - Right to Contract
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| Date Retrieved: | 2024-11-22 |
| CLNP Page ID: | 2279 |
| Page Categories: | Contract Law, Leases, & Sub-Letting (LTB), Contract Law |
| Citation: | Minor Child - Right to Contract, CLNP 2279, <https://rvt.link/8p>, retrieved on 2024-11-22 |
| Editor: | Sharvey |
| Last Updated: | 2023/09/21 |
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Johnstone v. Hepditch Jr., 2018 NBQB 100 (CanLII)[1]
[11] In Bayview Credit Union Ltd. v. Daigle (1983) 1983 CanLII 2923 (NB KB), 3 D.L.R. (4th) 95; 1983 CanLII 2923[2], Higgins J. commented on the classification of contracts involving minors at paragraph 5:
- Contracts involving minors may generally be classified into four main classes as follows:
- 1. enforceable contracts for necessities;
- 2. voidable contracts which the infant must repudiate during minority or within a reasonable time thereafter;
- 3. voidable contracts which are not binding unless and until ratified after attaining majority; and
- 4. contracts which are absolutely void.
- See Chitty on Contracts, 24th ed. (1977), pp. 220-1, paras. 473-4.
- Contracts involving minors may generally be classified into four main classes as follows:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Johnstone v. Hepditch Jr., 2018 NBQB 100 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/hscgp>, retrieved on 2023-09-21
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bayview Credit Union Ltd. v. Daigle, 1983 CanLII 2923 (NB KB), <https://canlii.ca/t/gb5g0>, retrieved on 2023-09-21
