A B C and D belong to an umbrella organisation Q. Q contracts with Z for Z to carry out an annual survey for A B C and D but A B C and D are not parties to that contract. They do provide Q with the funds to pay Z. Q is a legal entity in its own right.
A B C and D each separately sign a "data processing contract" with Z in which Z commits to, in effect do what is required by P7. However these agreements make no reference at all to the contract between Z and Q and there is nothing else in the individual agreements which would amount to contractual consideration. On the face of it they are just promises by Z to A B C and D to do certain things to comply with DP requirements.
Question. Does the agreement between A and Z amount to a valid contract as required by P7? Can we infer the consideration which is going to Z from Q from the known facts, to make it a contract rather than a non-contracual promise, even though it is not at all referred to in the written agreement as being, in effect, a non-written part of the same contract - bearing always in mind the P7 requirement for the contract to be in writing?
NB I did not draft it. It would have been very simple to put an extra sentence of legal jargon in to make it a clear contract e.g ".. in consideration of the payment to Z by Q under an agreement dated xxx Z promises to ... "
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