LAWS 203 - consideration - part 2

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In a contract, what else requires consideration?

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Where there is an existing contractual duty owed to the promisor, (where there is already a contract between the parties), but then there is a change to the original contract, that change also requires consideration.

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What has been the traditional common law approach to the above mentioned point?

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The traditional common law position, is that the second arrangement (change to the original contract) is not valid consideration.