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May 16
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DAULIA v FOUR MILLBANK NOMINEES

General Principle: An offer for a unilateral contract cannot be withdrawn if performance has been started or completed by the offeree....

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May 16
2 min

THE BRIMNES

General Principle: If it can be demonstrated that revocation was sent and could have been reasonably read, then that revocation is valid....

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May 16
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HOLWELL SECURITIES v HUGHES

General Rule: The postal rule cannot be relied on in cases where acceptance mandates actual notification or communication. Name: Holwell...

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May 16
2 min

HOUSEHOLD FIRE INSURANCE v GRANT

General Principle: If acceptance is communicated through a letter that then becomes lost in the post, a contract will still be seen to...

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May 16
1 min

TINN v HOFFMAN

General Principle: If the offerer requests acceptance through a specific mode, then acceptance can only take place through this mode of...

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May 16
2 min

STEVENSON v MCLEAN

General Principle: A request for information is not a counter-offer. Name: Stevenson v McLean (1879 – 80) LR 5 QBD 346 Facts: The...

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BLACKPOOL AND FLYDE AEROCLUB LTD v BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL

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May 16
2 min

BLACKPOOL AND FLYDE AEROCLUB LTD v BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL

General Principle: A collateral warranty arises if a bid is properly submitted within time and not considered. Name: Blackpool and Flyde...

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May 16
1 min

HARVELA INVESTMENTS v ROYAL TRUST

General principle: Referential bidding by tender should be discouraged by the courts. Name: Harvela Investments Ltd v Royal Trust Co of...

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May 16
2 min

SPENCER v HARDING

General Principle: An invitation to tender is usually classed as an invitation to treat. Name: Spencer v Harding (1870) LR 5 CP 561...

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May 16
2 min

HARRIS v NICKERSON

General Principle: Items can be withdrawn before the auction takes place. Name: Harris v Nickerson (1873) LR 8 QB 286 Facts: Nickerson...

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May 16
3 min

CARLILL v CARBOLIC SMOKE BALL

General Principle: In unilateral contracts, the performance of a requested action amounts acceptance and binds the offeror to give a...

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May 15
2 min

ERRINGTON v ERRINGTON AND WOODS

General Principle: When someone has begun to carry out the terms of a unilateral offer and keeps on doing so, the unilateral offer cannot...

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May 15
2 min

DICKINSON v DODDS

General Principle: The revocation of an offer does not have to be communicated by one party to another directly; it can be done through a...

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MANCHESTER DIOCESAN COUNCIL v COMMERCIAL GENERAL INVESTMENTS

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May 15
2 min

MANCHESTER DIOCESAN COUNCIL v COMMERCIAL GENERAL INVESTMENTS

General Principle: The method of acceptance arranged for a tender was not mandatory and if an offeror wants it to be mandatory, this...

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May 15
2 min

PARTRIDGE v CRITTENDEN

General Principle: Advertisements in periodicals are typically invitations to treat. Name: Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 2 All ER 421...

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May 11
2 min

LUXOR v COOPER

General Principle: The terms of a contract may allow an offerer to revoke his promise even after it has been partially accepted by...

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May 11
1 min

BARRY v DAVIES

General Principle: If there is an auction without reserve, the auctioneer must sell to the highest bidder. Name: Barry v Davies (2000)...

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May 11
2 min

AUCTIONS

In contract law the calling out for bids by an auctioneer at a auctions amounts to an invitation to treat. Anyone who makes a bid is...

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May 8
2 min

ROUTLEDGE v GRANT

General Principle: An offer can be withdrawn at any time before it has been accepted. Anything said or done to accept the offer after it...

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May 8
2 min

HYDE v WRENCH

General Principle: A counter-offer nullifies the original offer. Name: Hyde v Wrench (1840) 3 Beav 334 Facts: Wrench (the defendant)...

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