CONTRACT - offer and acceptance - Flashcards in University Law

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Created on: 29-04-17 23:41

Carlill v Carbolic smokeball 1893

purchased smoke balls, caught influenza, tried to claim reward of £100. was held that you can make an offer to the world, the statement referring to £1000 deposit displayed intent, within a unilateral contract the acceptance is the performance

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Partridge v Crittenden 1968

selling of birds which was illegal to offer such birds for sale. conviction was quashed. held to be ITT

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Denton v Railway 1856

D sued for being providing wrong information on train timetable. was held to be an offer as there was an exchange of values

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Bowerman v ABTA 1995

ABTA notice was an offer 'arranging to re-imburse' as satisfied criteria in Carlill

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Fisher v Bell 1961

selling of flick knife in shop window - was an invitation to treat - there was no offer to sale nor acceptance

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Pharmaceutical society of GB v Boots cash chemists 1953

goods of shelf consitute as ITT - a customer takes goods to till and makes offer, the shop assistant then choses whether to accept offer. therefore concluded at the till.

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Harvey v Facey 1893

an indication of lowest price was not an offer - simply an indicative price IF owner decided to sell. no evidence of intention to sell, or at what specified price.

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Clifton v Palumbo

parties were merely negotiating rather than entering a contract

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Bigg v Boyd Gibbons

held that 'i accept your offer' was an acceptance of offer therefore contract formed

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Gibson v Manchester

“may be prepared to sell you” - constituted ITT

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Stoner v Manchester

signed and returned document "agreement to sale" this was definite to amount to offer from council with Mr stoner had accepted

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Wilkie v LPTB 1957

the running of bus service was an offer which was accepted when the passenger boarded the bus

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Partridge v Crittenden 1968

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selling of birds which was illegal to offer such birds for sale. conviction was quashed. held to be ITT

Card 3

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Denton v Railway 1856

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Card 4

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Bowerman v ABTA 1995

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Card 5

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Fisher v Bell 1961

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CONTRACT - offer and acceptance