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Case: Condor v Barron Knights [1966]

Legal issues: Can a contract be frustrated by an individual key to a contract falls ill

after the conclusion of a contract?

Plaintif Condor

Defendant Barron Knights

Material facts Condor signed a contract to play as a drummer in a band (Barron

Knights) for 7 nights each week for 5 years

Condor sufered a mental breakdown and on doctors advice was told

that he could only perform for 4 nights a week

The band dismissed him from playing

Condor brought action that he should not have been dismissed from

the contract

The decision in the case: Dismissed

Reasons for Ratio Contract was frustrated

The medical condition made it impossible to fulfil the terms of the

contract

Ratio Decidendi If a person key to a contract falls ill or dies after the conclusion of the

contract, this is sufficient to fall within the category of a frustrating

event

The deciding court Bedford Assizes

Condor v Barron Knights 1966