Law Paper 3

    Cards (40)

    • What is the role of the offeror in a contract?
      To make an offer to the offeree
    • What does an offer lay out?
      The terms to be bound by upon acceptance
    • What case illustrates intention to create legal relations?
      Guthing v Lynn
    • What are invitations to treat?
      Negotiation stages inviting offers
    • What case is associated with invitations to treat?
      Fisher v Bell
    • What happens when a counter offer is made?
      It supersedes the original offer
    • What case illustrates the concept of counter offers?
      Hyde v Wrench
    • What is a request for further information in contract law?
      It does not supersede the original offer
    • What case is associated with requests for further information?
      Harvey v Facly
    • What is termination of an offer?
      Ending the offer before acceptance
    • What occurs during rejection of an offer?
      The offeree refuses the offer
    • What case illustrates rejection of an offer?
      Hyde v Wrench
    • What is revocation of an offer?
      When the offeror withdraws the offer
    • What case illustrates revocation of an offer?
      Routlidge v Grant
    • What is lapse of time in contract law?
      When an offer expires after a period
    • What case illustrates lapse of time?
      Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefoire
    • What must happen for an offer to be accepted?
      It must be communicated back to the offeree
    • What case illustrates the requirement for acceptance communication?
      Taylor v Laird
    • What is a bilateral contract?
      A contract with mutual obligations
    • What is a unilateral contract?
      A contract performed by anyone as specified
    • What case illustrates unilateral contracts?
      Carlil v Carbolic Smoke Ball
    • What is the battle of the forms?
      A counter offer extension in negotiations
    • What case illustrates the battle of the forms?
      Butler Machine Tool Co Ltd v Ex-cel
    • What does the Postal Rule state?
      Acceptance occurs when a letter is posted
    • What case illustrates the Postal Rule?
      Adam v Lindsell
    • When is the Postal Rule excluded?
      When a notice in writing is stated
    • What case illustrates the exclusion of the Postal Rule?
      Howell Securities v Hughes
    • What does the Principle of Silence state?
      Silence can never amount to acceptance
    • What case illustrates the Principle of Silence?
      Stevenson v McLean
    • What is consideration in contract law?
      The price at which a promise is bought
    • What does the case Dunlop v Selfridge illustrate about consideration?
      Consideration only needs to be adequate
    • What does the case Thomas v Thomas state about consideration?
      You can't enforce consideration for obligations
    • What is the principle of past consideration?
      Past consideration is no consideration
    • What does privity mean in contract law?
      Only parties to a contract can enforce it
    • What does the Contracts' Rights of Third Parties Act 1999 allow?
      Third parties can enforce stipulated contracts
    • What case illustrates the Contracts' Rights of Third Parties Act?
      Tweddle v Atkinson
    • What is the legal status of social and domestic contracts?
      They are not legally binding
    • Under what condition can social contracts become binding?
      When a large amount of money is involved
    • What did Lord Denning state in Merrit v Merrit about family contracts?
      They are binding if commercial advantage is gained
    • What is the significance of the case Wilson v Burnette?
      It illustrates social contracts are not binding