Ending an Offer

Question 1

(1/5) Acceptance

Answer 1

Accepting in offer ends an offer. This must be communicated, must match terms of the offer and must be certain.

Question 2

(2/5) Revocation of a bilateral contract

Answer 2

Can be revoked at any point up until acceptance.
(Routledge v Grant)

Question 3

(3/5) Revocation of a unilateral contract

Answer 3

Reasonable steps need to be taken e.g. advert of a similar size.
(Shuey v USA)

Acceptance requires complete performance unless it’s “unconscionable”
(Errington v Errington)

Question 4

(4/5) Lapse of time

Answer 4

(Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefoire)
The longer the time between the offer and acceptance, the more chance there is that the offer will be seen to have lapsed.

Question 5

(5/5) Death

Answer 5

Offeree dies - offer ends.

Offeror dies - offeree can accept until offeree learns of offerors death.