The Doctrine of Privity of Contract. Contract Law. Private or Public

Contract law- The Doctrine of privity. The law of contract is not about only private justice or public regulation; it is clearly concerned with a combination of both of these aspects of contract law in a number of ways. I will discuss this point in relation to the debate concerning privity of contract and whether a third party beneficiary of a contract should have a cause of action against the promisor. The general rule or ‘…

…But to do this, and hence to allow third parties to have a cause of action in contract against the promisor, the solution must less pragmatic, and more consistent and concrete to ensure that private justice can be effectively administered by public regulation. Until that stage I’d advise the third party to follow a cause of action outside the doctrine of privity, not allowing him or her a cause of action against the promisor.