Contract Law - Agreements

Question 1

Pharmaceutical society v boots chemist

Answer 1

Goods in a shop are invitations to treat

Question 2

Fisher v bell

Answer 2

Shop goods in a window are invitations to treat

Question 3

Partridge v cruttenden

Answer 3

Advertisements are generally invitations to treat

Question 4

Carlill v carbolic smoke ball

Answer 4

Offer promising something in return for performance is a unilateral offer

Question 5

Thornton v shoe lane parking

Answer 5

Car park, paying cash machine is acceptance of an offer

Question 6

Taylor v laird

Answer 6

Offer must be communicated

Question 7

Hyde v wrench (termination of offer)

Answer 7

Counter offer supersedes the original offer

Question 8

Ramsgate hotel v montefiore

Answer 8

Lapse of time terminates an offer

Question 9

Dickinson v Dodds

Answer 9

Revocation of an offer terminates it (as long as before acceptance)

Question 10

Sudbrook v eggleton

Answer 10

Acceptance must mirror the offer

Question 11

Felthouse v bindley

Answer 11

Acceptance must be communicated

Question 12

Hyde v wrench

Answer 12

Acceptance must be unconditional

Question 13

Stevenson v mclean

Answer 13

Request for further info isn’t a counter offer

Question 14

Butler machine v excell

Answer 14

Battle of the forms, the most recent form will be binding

Question 15

Carlill v carbolic smoke ball (acceptance)

Answer 15

Acceptance can be acceptance by conduct

Question 16

Adam’s v lindsall

Answer 16

Established the postal rule (acceptance when posted not received)

Question 17

Holwell securities v hughes

Answer 17

‘Notice in writing’ changed the rule so it’s acceptance when received

Question 18

Byrne v van tienhoven

Answer 18

Withdrawal of an offer after acceptance is not a valid withdrawal

Question 19

Entores v miles

Answer 19

Acceptance electronically is when it arrives

Question 20

Brinkibon v stahag stahl

Answer 20

Out of office hours acceptance can be the next working day

Question 21

Currie v misra

Answer 21

Consideration is ‘benefit and detriment’

Question 22

Dunlop v selfridge

Answer 22

Defined consideration

Question 23

Chappell v nestle

Answer 23

Consideration need not be of economic value

Question 24

Ward v byham

Answer 24

Consideration must be sufficient

Question 25

Thomas v Thomas

Answer 25

Consideration need not be adequate

Question 26

Remcardle

Answer 26

Past consideration is no consideration

Question 27

Rescorla v Thomas

Answer 27

Past consideration is no consideration

Question 28

Tweddle v Atkinson

Answer 28

Consideration must move from claimant

Question 29

Stilk v myrick

Answer 29

Existing duties are not new consideration

Question 30

Lampleigh v braithwaite

Answer 30

Prior understanding between parties then past consideration is valid

Question 31

Tweddle v Atkinson (privity)

Answer 31

3rd party can’t claim

Question 32

S1(1)a right of a third party

Answer 32

Contract allows them to

Question 33

S1(1)b rights of a third party

Answer 33

Contract is intended to confer a benefit