Contract - Formation Flashcards
It must be defined in definite terms and words that imply uncertainty will not be an offer, but instead an invitation to treat.
(Gibson v Manchester City Council)
Goods on the shelves of shops
(Pharmaceutical society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists) would be an invitation to treat, the customer would produce an offer to buy and the trader an decide to accept.
Goods on display in a shop window
(Fisher v Bell) are also an invitation to treat and again, the customer must make the offer
Statement of price
(Facey v Harvey) , indicating a price that something may a certain amount is not an offer, but an invitation to treat.
Advertisements
(Partridge v Critteden) are generally invitations to treat with the potential of the purchaser making the offer.
Advertisments making a unilateral offer.
(Carlil v CSB)
Machines such as a parking meter will make an offer
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