Facts
- Eastwood paid for Kenyon’s education
- After Kenyon’s education had ceased, Kenyon promised to pay Eastwood back, but sibsequently failed to do so
Issue
- Did Eastwood have a valid claim, she had suffered a detriment, so had provided consideration
Decision
- No claim
Reasoning
- Past consideration is no consideration
- As the payments had occurred in the past, the consideration was also in the past
