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Courts will imply terms only where the {{tag|contract}} does not work without them. They are terms that “go without saying”. It is simply a matter of making a contract functional which otherwise would not be. | {{a|glossary|}}Courts will imply terms only where the {{tag|contract}} does not work without them. They are terms that “go without saying”. It is simply a matter of making a contract functional which otherwise would not be. | ||
For a court to imply a term that is not stipulated, it must be needed to give the {{tag|contract}} business effect. If the contract makes business sense without it, the courts will not imply a term. This principal of “business efficacy” was first articulated in the great case of ''The Moorcock'' (1889) 14 PD 64 and in the equally great case of ''Shirlaw v. Southern Foundries'' [1939] 2 KB 206 the King’s Bench division described it as the “[[officious bystander]] test”: | For a court to imply a term that is not stipulated, it must be needed to give the {{tag|contract}} business effect. If the contract makes business sense without it, the courts will not imply a term. This principal of “business efficacy” was first articulated in the great case of ''The Moorcock'' (1889) 14 PD 64 and in the equally great case of ''Shirlaw v. Southern Foundries'' [1939] 2 KB 206 the King’s Bench division described it as the “[[officious bystander]] test”: | ||