a definite and unequivocal
statement of willingness to be
bound on specified terms
without further negotiations
Termination
revocation
by the offeror
at any time
prior to
acceptance
Routledge v
Grant
must be
communicated to
offeree
Byrne v Leon
Van
Tienhoven
rejection
by the offeree
- usually as a
counter-offer
Hyde v
Wrench
a request for further
information does not
constitute a
counter-offer
Stevenson v
McLean
lapse
death of
either
party
end of offer
period
fixed
reasonable
Ramsgate Victoria
Hotel Co v
Montefiore
Not an
offer
invitation to
treat
an invitation to the other party to make
an offer; e.g. 'we may be prepared to
sell' - Gibson v Manchester City Council
most
advertisements
Partridge v
Crittenden
Shop window
displays
Fisher v
Bell
goods on shop
shelves
Pharmaceutical Society of
Great Britain v Boots Cash
Chemists
statement
of selling
price
Harvey v
Facey
statement of
intention to
sell
Harris v
Nickerson
Can be made in any form
- oral, written or by
conduct
Acceptance
the unqualified and
unconditional assent to
the terms of an offer. It
can be oral, written or by
conduct
Communication
silence cannot
be acceptance
Felthouse v
Bindley
postal
rule
Adams v
Lindsell
Entores v
Miles Far
Eastern
Intention
Commercial
assumption is that
intention is to create legal
relations
rebuttable: can prove
they didn't have
intention
Jones v Vernon's
Pools
Domestic/Social
assumption is there is
no intention to create
legally binding contract
Balfour v
Balfour
rebuttable: can
prove you do have
intention
Simpkins v
Pays
Merritt v
Merritt
Consideration
an act of forbearance (or the promise
of it) on the part of one party to a
contract as the price of the promise
made to him by the other party to the
contract
Terms
Types
Conditions
Warranties
Innominate
terms
Representations
incorporation
a statement, written or
oral, made during
negotiations leading to a
contract