Offer

• What do offer and acceptance recquire?

  mirror image rule
• What do offer and acceptance need?

  match exactly
• What does consensus ad idem mean?

  a meeting of minds
• What is offer?

  willingness to contract certain terms with the intention it shall become legally binding
• What are the 2 types of offer?

  Bilateral and unilateral
• What does bilateral mean?

  made to one person or a group
• What does unilateral mean?

  made to the whole world
• What case is an example of a unilateral offer?

  carlill
• What are the 2 ways in which an offer can be made?

  express and implied
• What does express offer mean?

  verbal or written
• What case is an example of express offer?

  Taylor v Laird
• What is implied offer?

  conduct or circumstances
• What case is an example of implied offer?

  Wilkie v London Transport Passanger Board
• What does invitation to treat mean?

  Invitation to others to make or negotiae an offer. It is not an offer.
• What are some examples of invitation to treat?

  shop window displays, window displays, advertisments, timetables, auctions, tenders, catalogues
• How is a contract formed?

  goods are displyed or advertised

  customer offers to buy

  seller can accept or reject

  if accepted a contract is formed
• What happened in Carlill?

  the offer of £100 if you caught flu was made to the whole world and it was an offer because it had specific terms
• In what case was goods on shelves an invitation to treat?

  Boots
• In what case was simply a reply to a request for more information?

  Harvey v facey
• what are adverts?

  invitation to treat and not offers
• In what case was selling wild live birds an invitation to treat?

  Partridge v Crittenden
• In what case was the advert at 9AM on Saturday for 3 fur coats for $1?

  Lefkowitz
• What does revocation mean?

  offer ends if withdrawn before accepted
• In what case G sent a letter to withdraw his offer before the time limit?

  Routledge v Grant
• In what case revocation from a 3rd party was effective?

  Dickinson v Dodds
• In what case the contract was formed when acceptance was sent by telegraph?

  Byrne v Van Tienhoven
• In what case was a unilateral offer removed in the same notoriety with which it has been made?

  Shuey v US
• In what case were the payments an ongoing act of acceptance so the offer could not be revoked?

  errington v errington
• what does a counter offer do?

  changes the original offer and brings it to an end
• There is no acceptance when?

  All of the terms of the offer have not been agreed to
• In what case was a counter offer of £950 and was rejected?

  Hyde v wrench
• When do counter offers happen?

  when companies use their own forms to create a contract
• What is the general rule?

  He who fires the last shot wins
• What contract do you follow?

  The comoany to send the paperwork last with their terms on is the one to be followed.
• What is not a counter offer?

  requesting more information
• In what case did the reply ask whether credit terms were available?

  Stevenson v McLean
• What does lapse of time mean?

  An offer can end if only open for a limited time or time between offer and acceptance is not reasonable
• In what case did the offer of shares in June was not accepted until November?

  Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefiore
• Offers of a what nature end?

  personal nature
• Offers of what nature can still be honoured?

  general nature