GROUNDS FOR INVALIDATING A CONTRACT IN NIGERIA

Introduction A contract is any legally binding agreement between two or more parties. A contract defines and governs the rights and duties between parties in a transaction. A contract may be verbally made or written in a document. A contract can also be formed via electronic messages such as emails or messages exchanged on Whatsapp, Instagram or other social media platforms in so far as offer is accepted and the parties have expressed an intention to create a contract in their correspondence. The foregoing is consistent with the decision of the Court of Appeal in Daspan v. Mangu Local Govt. Council (2013) 2 NWLR (Pt. 1338) 203. … Continue reading GROUNDS FOR INVALIDATING A CONTRACT IN NIGERIA