Agency Relationship with a Minor and his liability regarding the Contracts and in Torts

Those who have not reached the age of 18 are regarded in English law as ‘minors’ and as such have limited capacity to enter into contracts. The law recognises that contracts of employment, training, or apprenticeship, may be enforceable. The contract, taken as a whole, must not, however, be oppressive The rules about beneficial contract of service extend to contracts related to the way in which the minor earns a living. Thus, a contract between a boxer and the British Boxing Board of Control, under which the boxer received a licence in return for agreeing to abide by the Board’s rules, was held to be enforceable, despite the fact that in this particular case the rules operated to the boxer’s disadvantage. Trading contracts, on the other hand, will not be enforced.