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