CONTRACT LAW- EXAM NOTES What is a contract? An oral or written agreement between two or more parties which is enforceable by law. This agreement ‘will be legally binding if certain criteria are met – briefly‚ they require that there be an agreement (comprising an offer and acceptance)‚ consideration‚ intention to create legal relations‚ compliance with any formalities required by law and that the parties have the legal capacity to contract’1 What is the purpose of contract law
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ACCA Paper F4 (ENG) Corporate and Business Law Class Notes June 2012 © Debbie Crossman‚ January 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted‚ in any form or by any means‚ electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise‚ without the prior written permission of Debbie Crossman. 2 www.studyinteractive.org Contents PAGE INTRODUCTION TO THE PAPER CHAPTER 1: ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM CHAPTER 2: LAW OF CONTRACT
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Q. What is a general offer? How is a contract created through general offer? Refer to leading cases. An offer may be made to the world at large. Such an offer is a general offer. However‚ a contract is not done with the whole world but only with the person who comes forward and accepts the offer. The acceptance might be express or implied. As per Anson‚ "An offer need not be made to an asertained person‚ but no contract can arise until it is accepted by an ascertained person". Case of Carllil
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Formation of Contract 2 Offer ............................................................................................................... 2 Acceptance ................................................................................................... 4 Certainty ........................................................................................................5 Consideration ............................................................................................... 6
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