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Contract 1
Offer & Acceptance
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gibson v Man City Council | Suggestion to buy council house was not an offer |
| Partridge v Crittenden | Inv to Treat - advert |
| Fisher v Bell | Inv to treat - goods in shop window |
| Pharmaceutical Society v Boots | Inv to treat - self service store |
| Harvey v Facey | Bumper Hall Pen - request for info |
| Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking | Offer made by machine |
| Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co | Unilateral offer (flu) |
| Routledge v Grant | Offer to sell house could be revoked |
| Dickinson v Dodds | Revocation passed on by 3rd party |
| Hyde v Wrench | Counter-offer revokes original offer |
| Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefiore | Offer lapses after reasonable time |
| Stevenson v McLean | Request for info isn't a counter-offer (not Harvey!) |
| Felthouse v Bindley | Acceptance can't be forced on a party (silence) |
| Williams v Carwardine | Murder reward - Acceptance valid even though the info was given for other reasons |
| Reveille Independent v Anotech International | MasterChef USA case - acceptance through actions |
| Adams v Lindsell | Postal rule |
| Byrne v Van Tienhoven | Postal revocation must arrive! |
| Entores v Miles Far East | Instantaneous comms - acceptance/revocation must be heard/seen |
| Barry v Heathcote Ball | Auction with no reserve - highest bidder has a contract |
| Thomas v BPE Solicitors | Email acceptance is valid when it arrives in inbox during working hours |
| Manchester Diocesan Council v Commercial and General Investments | Where acceptance is required to be made in a certain way it will generally be sufficient if it is made in any other way which does not disadvantage the offeror |