Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990

Scope of the applicable lawU.K.

1U.K.The law applicable to a contract by virtue of Articles 3 to 6 and 12 of this Convention shall govern in particular:

(a)interpretation;

(b)performance;

(c)within the limits of the powers conferred on the court by its procedural law, the consequences of breach, including the assessment of damages in so far as it is governed by rules of law;

(d)the various ways of extinguishing obligations, and prescription and limitation of actions;

F1(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

2U.K.In relation to the manner of performance and the steps to be taken in the event of defective performance regard shall be had to the law of the country in which performance takes place.

Commencement Information

I2Schedule 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707, art. 2