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{{Infobox Court Case
| name = G Scammell and Nephew Ltd v HC&JG Ouston
| court = House of Lords
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| citations = [1941] 1 AC 251
| judges = [[John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon|Viscount Simon LC]], [[Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham|Viscount Maugham]], [[Frank Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen|Lord Russell]] and [[Robert Wright, Baron Wright|Lord Wright]]
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| keywords = [[Consideration in English law|consideration]]
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'''''G Scammell and Nephew Ltd v HC&JG Ouston''''' [1941] 1 AC 251 is an [[English contract law]] case, concerning the certainty of an [[Agreement in English law|agreement]]. It stands as an example of a relatively rare case where a court cannot find some way in which a contract can be made to work.
==Facts==
The claimants wished to trade in their old van for a new van with the defendants. They agreed a price for the old van’s trade in, but only that they would pay for the new van ‘on hire purchase terms’ for two years. The defendants subsequently pulled out of the agreement, and when the claimants attempted to sue, the defendants argued that the agreement could not be enforced because it was too uncertain.
==Judgment==
The House of Lords held this was too vague for the contract to be enforced. There was no objective standard by which the court could know what price was intended or what a reasonable price might be. [[John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon|Viscount Simon LC]], [[Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham|Viscount Maugham]], [[Frank Russell, Baron Russell of Killowen|Lord Russell]] and [[Robert Wright, Baron Wright|Lord Wright]] all gave speeches.
==See also==
*[[Contract]]
*[[English contract law]]
==Notes==
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==References==
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[[Category:English contract case law]]
[[Category:House of Lords cases]]
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[[Category:1941 in British law]]