Business Law: Offer and Acceptance. For a simple contract to be valid one party must make an offer and the other party accept it. An offer is made where a person (the offerer) unequivocally expresses to another (the offeree) his willingness to make a binding agreement on the terms specified by him if they are accepted by the offeree’ (Card 2002). This offer could be made to a specific person‚ in which case it cannot be accepted by anyone other than that individual. On the other hand it could
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In the given question the issue is whether there is a binding contract between Gerard and Reg. A contract can be defined as a voluntary assumption of obligation .In order to establish a contract there must be an offer followed by an acceptance. In order to see whether the parties have come to an agreement the court would look at the intention of the parties. Intention will be looked at objectively .In applying the objective test the courts consider whether the reasonable person in the other parties’
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Without offer and acceptance there can be no contract and so it is essential that the law provides rules to identify what constitutes both an offer and an acceptance. An offer may be defined as a statement of willingness to contract on specified terms made with the intention that‚ if accepted‚ it shall become a binding contract. An offer may be express or implied from conduct. In many cases it is crucial to determine when and where a contract is actually formed and this too needs rules. In the vast
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established the postal rule which stated‚ acceptance is effective on posting‚ this means in some situations where a letter of acceptance was by post‚ the acceptance will be effective at the time and place of posting even if the offeror has no knowledge of this. The issue in the case of Susan and Manesh is whether the postal rule applies. In the case of Quenerduaine v. Cole it stated where an offer was made by telegram and acceptance by post‚ it was not seen as reasonable that the postal rule should apply
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accepting the offer. At 6pm on Friday he changed his mind and telephoned Alice. Alice was not there but her telephone answering machine recorded Bill’s message stating that he wished to withdraw his acceptance. On Monday Alice opened Bill’s letter‚ which arrived that morning‚ and then played back the message on the machine. Advise Alice.’ Introduction Begin by exploring what topic the question is talking about so in this case the question is talking about how Bill has revoked his acceptance. Define
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For a Simple contract to be valid one party must make an offer and the other accept it (see: Acceptance of offer). The offer will usually indicate the form the acceptance should take (e.g.‚ in writing‚ by post)‚ and may indicate when the acceptance will be deemed to have occurred (e.g.‚ on delivery of the posted acceptance‚ see: Acceptance of offer by post). In seeking to prove that a contract was in existence‚ it will be necessary to show that there was a definite offer. Certain things look like
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Contract Law- Offer and Acceptance Enforcement of promises Criteria: 1. Offer and corresponding Acceptance 2. Consideration 3. Intention to create legal relationship 4. Certainty I. Formative elements – will theory of K Offer - an expressionof willingness to contract upon certain terms – binding upon acceptance Requisites: (a) Offer will become binding upon acceptance; and [may be prepared to sell] (b) Nothing further remains to be done If no an offer‚ what
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When doing a business‚ a contract is usually needed. Since a contract is an agreement‚ therefore‚ for a contract to exist‚ the parties must assent to the transaction. Assent usually takes the form of offer and acceptance. An offer is defined by Treitel as "an expression of willingness to contract on certain terms‚ made with the intention that it shall become binding as soon as it is accepted by the person to whom it is addressed"‚ the "offeree". In addition‚ an offer is a statement of the terms
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1. OFFER: Ben has contacted Ting in the subject matter of identifiable object GTX which Ting had inspected two days ago‚ he clearly mentioned terms and conditions i.e. $30‚000 cash and showed an intention to be bound by these terms and conditions 1(Harvy v Facey‚ Graw 6th ed‚ pg 41). 2. MERE INQUIRY: Ting didn’t accept or reject Ben’s offer and inquired about the spare parts which is infact a mere inquiry rather than counter offer as Ting has not put forward any new terms to Ben’s offer in
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Valid Contracts Victoria Glaser American Intercontinental University Abstract A contact is a legal binding agreement made between two parties. A contract is only enforceable if both parties involved in the contract have agreed to give or receive something of value. When going into an agreement or contract it is important to know the type of contract. This paper will explore the various types of contracts and the meaning of each. Express or implied contracts‚ unilateral
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