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''Beswick v Beswick'' () AC 58 is a landmark English contract law case on privity of contract and specific performance. The House of Lords disagreed with Lord Denning MR's ''dicta'' in the Court of Appeal that someone specifically intended to benefit from a contract could enforce it. Today Lord Denning MR's decision has been given effect by the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. ==Facts== Lord Denning in the Court of Appeal started describing the facts of the case in the following way. The agreement was that Peter assign his business to his nephew in consideration of the nephew employing him for the rest of his life and then paying a weekly annuity to Mrs Beswick. Since the latter term was for the benefit of someone not party to the contract, the nephew did not believe it was enforceable and so did not perform it, making only one payment of the agreed weekly amount of 5 pounds. The nephew argued that as Mrs Beswick was not a party to the contract, she was not able to enforce it due to the doctrine of privity of contract. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beswick v Beswick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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