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Contract 1
Offer & Acceptance
Term | Definition |
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Gibson v Man City Council | Suggestion to buy council house was not an offer |
Partridge v Crittenden | Inv to Treat - advert |
Fisher v Bell | Inv to treat - goods in shop window |
Pharmaceutical Society v Boots | Inv to treat - self service store |
Harvey v Facey | Bumper Hall Pen - request for info |
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking | Offer made by machine |
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co | Unilateral offer (flu) |
Routledge v Grant | Offer to sell house could be revoked |
Dickinson v Dodds | Revocation passed on by 3rd party |
Hyde v Wrench | Counter-offer revokes original offer |
Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefiore | Offer lapses after reasonable time |
Stevenson v McLean | Request for info isn't a counter-offer (not Harvey!) |
Felthouse v Bindley | Acceptance can't be forced on a party (silence) |
Williams v Carwardine | Murder reward - Acceptance valid even though the info was given for other reasons |
Reveille Independent v Anotech International | MasterChef USA case - acceptance through actions |
Adams v Lindsell | Postal rule |
Byrne v Van Tienhoven | Postal revocation must arrive! |
Entores v Miles Far East | Instantaneous comms - acceptance/revocation must be heard/seen |
Barry v Heathcote Ball | Auction with no reserve - highest bidder has a contract |
Thomas v BPE Solicitors | Email acceptance is valid when it arrives in inbox during working hours |
Manchester Diocesan Council v Commercial and General Investments | Where acceptance is required to be made in a certain way it will generally be sufficient if it is made in any other way which does not disadvantage the offeror |