Negotiation in Good Faith: Adapting to Changing Circumstances in Contracts and English Contract Law - Jill Poole Memorial Lecture, Aston University: 19 October 2018

摘要

I did not have the good fortune to know Jill Poole. In an attempt to compensate for that disadvantage, when Adam Shaw-Mellors did me the honour of inviting me to give this lecture, I read her books on contract law. That may have been an optimistic approach, as legal textbooks seldom reveal much about their authors. But in Jill's case I was rewarded. From her books, particularly the disarming introductions, I learnt much about her, and also about her children and her obvious pride in them. I noted, for instance, that in her many practical examples illustrating points of contract law we do not find that, say, A offers to sell his bicycle to B for ￡150 but that Alex offers to sell his bicycle to Becky for ￡150. I also got a very strong sense of Jill's passionate enthusiasm for contract law and of what an inspiring teacher of the subject she must have been.