Open research asset · Coverage date 5 September 2026

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Follow a legal topic to its Code articles, judgments, possible English sources, local statutes and proposed treatment. Inspect the status of the evidence before relying on a conclusion.

By Kevin L. Michel · Updated 6 September 2026

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The core audit covers articles 917–1132, including lettered insertions: 241 distinct identifiers. Eight additional Code records bring the displayed article inventory to 249. The topic map joins those records to cases, English candidates and local statutory interfaces.

A verified Code text is not a certification of all its present legal interactions. A topic link does not expand a judgment’s holding. An English candidate is not necessarily received law. Each collection retains those distinctions.

Research finding

Use the final-package fields for the current drafting recommendation. Initial triage and final action can differ. “Retain” may mean preserve continuity or defer a separate reform; it does not certify that a rule is substantively ideal or free from equality concerns.

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T01 · Source authority, reception and transition

Code

Cases

English candidates

Local statutes

Proposed clauses: Reception Bill 4-20,32 and Schedule 1; Contract Model 1-4,39
Established connections: C01 confirms statutory as well as common-law reception through 917A. C03 is the reversed historical approach. ST01 supplies authentication evidence; ST03 supplies ordinary repeal savings.
Inference or unresolved question: C01 does not establish every English candidate’s reception or resolve every accrued-right question. The separate temporal construction of 920(2),944,974A and 1127A is not assumed identical to 917A.
Proposed treatment: reform
Rationale: Change future updating authority explicitly while preserving only the law actually applicable and its historical operation; the register records law rather than enacts it.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T02 · Capacity, cause, gratuitous commitments and third-person rights

Code

Cases

English candidates

Local statutes

Proposed clauses: Reception Bill 13, Schedule 1.1-1.3; Contract Model 2-4,39
Established connections: C09 andC11 concern enforceable gratuitous cause; C25 connects onerous/gratuitous cause to land-registration classification.920(2) and 944 contain distinct English-law references.962 supplies local third-person rights.
Inference or unresolved question: E07 is an unconfirmed candidate with an express local-reservation issue. The selected cases do not settle disability-related capacity reform. ST18 is linked for property consequences inC25, not as a general capacity statute.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Preserve cause and third-person rights; reform the future source authority in 920(2) and 944. Leave a substantive capacity/equality revision for explicit separate work.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T03 · Consent, fraud, misrepresentation and unfair terms

Code

Cases

English candidates

Local statutes

Proposed clauses: Reception Bill Schedule 1.3-1.4; Contract Model 4(4),37
Established connections: The Code supplies error/fraud/lesion protections. C06 addresses unjust enrichment and actual wrongdoing while leaving unnecessary presumed-fraud/undue-influence issues undecided. ST05 establishes domestic consumer-term controls.
Inference or unresolved question: Reception ofE05 andE06 is unconfirmed in the reviewed cases. E16 is dependency evidence concerning a foreign amendment chain, not a domestic reception finding. No inference of a complete new consent code follows.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Keep existing validity and mandatory consumer protections while replacing selected source references; do not import foreign misrepresentation legislation merely because it is useful.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T04 · Performance, specific relief and work by another person

Code

Cases

English candidates

Local statutes

Additional Code references: 1387-1388;1583-1597 (additional Code references identified inC10,C15 andIF-005)
Proposed clauses: Contract Model 2(3),4,7,18-20,25,32; Schedule 1A.1
Established connections: C10 applies existing 997 and special sale/earnest provisions; C11 grants performance in its own factual and statutory setting. C15 applies building and damages rules. ST19 limits relief against the Crown.
Inference or unresolved question: E08 remains a candidate, not an established general Saint Lucian services code. General performance remedies must be tested against the special contract and public-defendant rules.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Preserve domestic performance-remedy foundations while supplying explicit conditions and substitute-work routes for covered contracts, with special-law priority.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T05 · Honesty, cooperation and contractual discretion

Code

Cases

Local statutes

Proposed clauses: Contract Model 4,6,11; Schedule 1B.3
Established connections: C13 andC14 concern contractual discretion and implied terms in employment-related settings.956 supplies incidents of contract;1015 addresses prevention of a condition. ST13 establishes mandatory employment priority.
Inference or unresolved question: These decisions do not by themselves establish every general honesty or cooperation duty proposed in section 6. The broader statutory formulation is an express policy choice, not a claim of universal existing doctrine.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Retain 956 and the anti-prevention principle while expressly supplementing performance with the proposed duties; preserve employment-specific protections.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T06 · Default, notices, cure and additional time

Code

Cases

Local statutes

Proposed clauses: Contract Model 4,12-17,31(1); Schedule 1A.2-A.3
Established connections: C08 recognises default by suit under 999/1001. C15 uses existing default and building rules. ST10 contains special credit notice/cure requirements; ST11 identifies commenced electronic-transaction provisions.
Inference or unresolved question: ST12 flags enacted electronic provisions whose commencement was not established in the bounded search. ST21 records procedural amendments; it is not evidence of substantive 917A repeal. Generic notices cannot replace special statutory periods.
Proposed treatment: reform
Rationale: Deliberately redesign default and cure for covered obligations, while preserving statutory credit safeguards and distinguishing private notices from service of proceedings.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T07 · Anticipatory breach, termination and restoration

Code

Cases

Local statutes

Additional Code references: 957;1382 (additional context inC17)
Proposed clauses: Contract Model 4,17,21-24,32,39; Schedule 1A.1
Established connections: C16 andC17 address anticipatory breach, termination and contractual/land-law interfaces. ST07 contains existing consumer remedies; ST14 constrains termination and acceleration in specified insolvency situations.
Inference or unresolved question: The proposed Part 4 procedure and restoration scheme are not simply a transcription of those decisions. Property reversal and creditor priority require their own legal basis; ST18 governs land effects.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Provide a defined prospective termination process and coordinated restoration while preserving consumer, land and collective-insolvency limits.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T08 · Damages, causation, foreseeability and mitigation

Code

Cases

Local statutes

Additional Code references: 1584;1590 (building context inC15)
Proposed clauses: Contract Model 18,25-29,32-37; Schedule 1A.3
Established connections: C15 applies Code damages/default/foreseeability provisions and repair-cost mitigation in a building dispute. ST07 supplies specific consumer remedial rights; ST19 supplies a public-defendant boundary.
Inference or unresolved question: C15 is a first-instance judgment and is not proof that every proposed causation, lost-chance or resource-sensitive mitigation formulation is already settled law. Crown restrictions matter only when the defendant and claim engage them.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Preserve compensatory foundations while making assessment and mitigation explicit; identify substantive additions and keep specialised remedies and proof requirements intact.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T09 · Agreed payments, penal clauses and disproportionate sums

Code

Local statutes

Proposed clauses: Contract Model 5(2)(c),13,30,32; Schedule 1A.3-A.4
Established connections: Published 1007 and 1066 already permit reduction for partial performance or wholly disproportionate injury. ST05 independently controls unfair consumer terms and exclusions.
Inference or unresolved question: No directly relevant penalty merits case is identified in the selected case inventory. The proposed factors, default coordination, reasons and non-exclusion rule are legislative choices whose local consequences require review.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Preserve existing judicial reduction, consolidate overlapping rules and disclose new safeguards; keep allocation under 1067/1068 subject to the enforceable amount.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: No directly relevant case identified in the selected 25-case inventory; this is not a finding that no such case exists.

T10 · Interest, late payment and monetary performance

Code

English candidates

Local statutes

Proposed clauses: Contract Model 8,13(5),31; Schedule 1B.1
Established connections: The Code supplies interest rules and exceptions. ST17 includes award interest; ST19 includes public-defendant interest and satisfaction rules. The module expressly preserves 1008-1009A.
Inference or unresolved question: E10 is an unconfirmed reception candidate with important express-local-conflict questions. No general late-payment rate is inferred from its existence, and the selected case inventory does not establish one.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Keep existing interest substance and rates while changing the default trigger for covered obligations; avoid duplicate compensation and unauthorised compounding.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: No directly relevant case identified in the selected 25-case inventory; this is not a finding that no such case exists.

T11 · Impediments, frustration and hardship

Code

Cases

English candidates

Local statutes

Additional Code references: Commercial Code 278;1583-1586; Land Acquisition Act context inC12
Proposed clauses: Contract Model 4,33-36; Schedule 1A.5,B.2
Established connections: C12 distinguishes increased difficulty from later compulsory acquisition that frustrated completion.1132A/B already contain a domestic financial-adjustment scheme and exclusions. Construction loss rules and property effects remain material.
Inference or unresolved question: E04 is a candidate/analogue, not a confirmed finding that the whole English 1943 Act applies independently. C12 does not decide every hurricane, labour-only construction or insurance scenario. ST22 is a sectoral boundary, not a general frustration code.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Restate the general discharge test while retaining financial adjustments and indemnity rights; do not introduce judicial price rewriting merely through a hardship request.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T12 · Quasi-contract, mistaken payments and unjust enrichment

Code

Cases

Local statutes

Proposed clauses: Reception Bill Schedule 1.4,6-9,16-20; Contract Model 24(6),35
Established connections: C06 confirms the English-law direction for the unjust-enrichment issue considered. The Code independently regulates management of affairs and undue receipts. ST14/ST15 matter where recovery meets collective insolvency or set-off.
Inference or unresolved question: C06 does not establish every possible 974A action. The contract module’s restitution provision does not replace the complete quasi-contract chapter or confer creditor priority.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Reform source authority under 974A while retaining existing restitution actions; separate breach-based restoration, frustrated-contract adjustment and general unjust enrichment.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T13 · Set-off and reciprocal debts

Code

Cases

Local statutes

Proposed clauses: Reception Bill Schedule 1.5,5-10; Contract Model 4(4),24(6)
Established connections: The Code supplies local set-off rules and 1127A adds an English-law connection. ST15 expressly identifies insolvency set-off/compensation and overriding fraud/preference constraints.
Inference or unresolved question: C07 is included only for the insolvency/creditor-ranking field boundary; it is not an identified merits holding construing 1127A. No such set-off merits case is identified in the selected inventory.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Replace the future foreign-source connection while preserving established set-off cases, third-person protection and overriding insolvency rules.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T14 · Defamation, serious harm, defences and local privilege

Code

Cases

English candidates

Local statutes

Additional Code references: 2123;989N Schedule
Proposed clauses: Reception Bill 6-14,16-20; Contract Model 2,4(6) (scope exclusion)
Established connections: C01 establishes reception of the provisions considered. C23 is a procedural pleading application; C24 is a first-instance merits application. C03’s common-law-only approach was reversed. Local privilege and prescription provisions remain relevant.
Inference or unresolved question: This does not establish that every part ofE01 or every later amendment applies unchanged. ST20 is the evidence interface, not a defamation reception finding. The contract module does not rewrite tort law.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Preserve the operative composite defamation law while ending automatic future updates through 917A; defer substantive defamation and equality reform to a dedicated module.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T15 · Negligence and responsibility for persons or things

Code

Cases

English candidates

Local statutes

Proposed clauses: Reception Bill 5-14; Contract Model 4(6),28(4) (separate contractual scope)
Established connections: C20 applies negligence with 985/986 and distinguishes the roles of a thing and human conduct. C21/C22 apply local negligence and fault rules. E12 is an analogue of positively used 989D.
Inference or unresolved question: E13 remains a historical/foreign-forum lead with local primary reception unverified in this audit. It must not be converted into a finding that the Occupiers Liability Act applies. Broader revision of 986 remains separate.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Preserve established domestic tort protections while changing source authority; keep candidate statutes, local fault rules and evidential questions distinct.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T16 · Death, estate damages and dependants’ claims

Code

Cases

English candidates

Additional Code references: 609
Proposed clauses: Reception Bill 6-10,16-20; Contract Model 2,4(6) (scope exclusion)
Established connections: C04 holds that the English lost-years change conflicted with 609;C05 was overruled on that issue. C21 applies the preserved local position subject to proof.988 separately governs specified dependant claims.
Inference or unresolved question: E02 is excluded for the conflict identified, not generally declared irrelevant to every subject. E03 is an analogue; it is not necessary to pretend the local 609 rule derives solely from current English statute.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Retain the established local priority and distinct claim structures while reforming the future update mechanism; do not merge estate and dependant loss into one entitlement.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T17 · Contributory fault and contribution between liable persons

Code

Cases

English candidates

Proposed clauses: Reception Bill 6-10; Contract Model 4(4),(6),28(4),32
Established connections: C21/C22 use local fault/death provisions.989C governs tortfeasor contribution;989D governs contributory negligence;1036-1037 address local joint-and-several rules. E12 is an analogue of the local rule used.
Inference or unresolved question: E11 reception is unconfirmed in the reviewed cases. The cases do not prove automatic receipt of the English 1978 Act or identity between contractual mitigation, contributory negligence and co-debtor contribution.
Proposed treatment: mixed
Rationale: Preserve local allocation rules and avoid double reduction or recovery; any extension of contribution beyond existing fields requires express justification.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T18 · Property, security and insolvency constraints on remedies

Code

Cases

Local statutes

Additional Code references: 1382;1387-1388;1908;1942 (case-linked additional references)
Proposed clauses: Reception Bill 5,10; Contract Model 4,23(4),24(6),39
Established connections: C07 preserves the insolvency field boundary; C08 distinguishes the personal obligation from security; C10/C17/C25 connect contracts to land effects. ST14-ST16 andST18 establish current specific priorities and constraints.
Inference or unresolved question: Older judgments must not be treated as statements of every post-2024 insolvency or post-2025 security rule. ST15 records the Commercial Code insolvency-title repeal; destination-law reconciliation remains necessary.
Proposed treatment: retain
Rationale: Preserve special statutory priority and property formalities; general termination or restitution should not silently alter security ranking, surety discharge or insolvency stays.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

T19 · Product liability, consumer quality and repair remedies

Code

English candidates

Local statutes

Additional Code references: 1432 and following (sale-warranty interface)
Proposed clauses: Contract Model 4,7,10,15,30,37; Reception Bill 5,10
Established connections: ST09 identifies domestic defective-product liability and restrictions on exclusions. ST06/ST07 identify existing quality, repair and consumer-remedy provisions. The contract module expressly preserves those protections.
Inference or unresolved question: No product-liability merits case is identified in the selected case inventory. E06/E08/E09 remain candidates and cannot be used to bypass the local statute’s definitions, scope, exceptions or commencement.
Proposed treatment: retain
Rationale: Keep domestic product and consumer protections controlling; distinguish a contractual service remedy from a statutory product-liability claim.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: No directly relevant case identified in the selected 25-case inventory; this is not a finding that no such case exists.

T20 · Prescription, proof and trust boundaries

Code

Cases

English candidates

Local statutes

Additional Code references: 603(3);2103/2103A;2111;2121-2123;2129
Proposed clauses: Reception Bill 5(4),15-20; Contract Model 4,12,38-39
Established connections: C18/C19 distinguish a conspiracy-to-breach-trust delict from breach of trust itself, affecting prescription. C08 identifies local prescription/default issues.1137 is an independent evidence gap-filler;916A remains outside the selected freeze.
Inference or unresolved question: E15 is not presumed received over local prescription. ST12 flags commencement uncertainty. Digital form, proof, substantive validity and interruption of time are separate questions; a notice does not automatically preserve a claim.
Proposed treatment: retain
Rationale: Preserve independent trust/evidence sources and local time rules in this package; state the remaining dependencies and avoid a false claim that all English-law reception has ended.
Coverage date: 2026-09-05
Meaning of this topic join: Analytical topic join of existing records; underlying authority and reception statuses are preserved.
Case coverage limit: See the stated case holding and court level; topic relevance does not expand the holding.

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Publication, authentication and commencement are different dates.

The revised edition

The research recovered SI 112/2025, published on 22 July 2025, authenticating the 2023 Supplement. An older website warning should not be repeated as proof that the edition remains unauthenticated. Later enactments and transcription accuracy remain separate questions.

The rule in force

Some Acts commence in parts. The electronic-transactions audit found a partial commencement instrument and a bounded gap in later activation evidence. That does not mean all electronic contracts are invalid or every consumer right is absent.

The statutory collection records these questions alongside consumer, insolvency, security, employment and other interfaces. Its source links and qualifications matter as much as its summaries.

Evidence reviewed through 5 September 2026.

This independent research distinguishes current law, interpretation and proposed law. The model bills are by Kevin L. Michel. They have not been enacted or endorsed by Kenny D. Anthony or the Government of Saint Lucia.

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