Offer, Acceptance And Consideration

Question 1

Offer

Answer 1

A statement of willingness by one party to enter a contract based on set of term

Question 2

Offer must be communicated

Answer 2

Taylor v larid

Offer must be communicated for there to be a contract

Question 3

Offer must be definite or certain

Answer 3

Gibson v Manchester

Vagueness in a statement will be considered as a invitation to treat instead of an offer

Question 4

Invitations to treat are not offers

Answer 4

Fisher v bell
Items in a shop window = invitation to treat
Partridge v crittenden
Adverts will be normally treated as an invitation to treat

Question 5

An offer can be made to one person or the world

Answer 5

Unilateral contract = offers made to the world

Question 6

Request for information doesn’t create an offer

Answer 6

Harvey v facey

Neither an inquiry or the response to one creates an offer

Question 7

An offer can be accepted at any point while it is open/ an offer can be withdrawn way any time before acceptance

Answer 7

Routledge v grant

An offer can be withdrawn at any point before the acceptance

Question 8

Counter offers reject the original one

Answer 8

Hyde v wrench

Question 9

Offer can be ended by a lapse of time

Answer 9

Ramsgate victoria hotel v montifiore

A long delay can create a lapse of time, which may automatically end an offer