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 is it
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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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An ‘invitation to treat’ refers to a term in contract law. Importantly‚ it is not the same as an ‘offer’ and it is crucial to distinguish between the two concepts. In order for a binding contract to be formed‚ there must be an ‘offer’ and an ‘acceptance’ of that offer. An invitation to treat is sometimes mistaken for an offer. There are many similarities between an invitation to treat and offer‚ so making the distinction can be difficult. If the validity of your contract turns on this distinction
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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 on which the offeror is willing to be bound. When an offer has been made‚ it doesn’t means a contract has formed until the offeree accepts the offer. The "expression" referred
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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 offers‚ but aren’t always what they
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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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Contract: Offer and Acceptance LAW 531 December 12‚ 2012 Offer and Acceptance Creating the contract is an extremely difficult process. A contract must have an offer and acceptance determine whether an agreement exists between two parties. An offer is a suggestion made by one person to another of his or her readiness to enter into an agreement under certain terms and conditions without further negotiations. The contract is accepted when the offer has been formally communicated to the offeror
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In this essay‚ I am going to analyse the rules of offer and acceptance and then come to a conclusion as to how satisfactory I think each of them are and why. In its general sense‚ an offer is an indication or proposal by one person or party (offeror) to another (offeree). It consists of one party promising to do or give something for the other party’s promise to do or give something in return. There must be willingness to contract on certain terms‚ made with the intention that it shall become
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intended to be legally binding”. This answer will highlight the main points to see the differences between an offer and an invitation to treat.” An offer may be defined as a statement of willingness to contract on specified terms made with the intention that‚ if accepted there will arise a binding contract”. On the other side‚ invitation to treat invites the other people to make an offer which can be accepted or rejected by the other party. To illustrate them we have to look in certain areas. First
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Offer and Acceptance Offer and acceptance are elements required for the formation of a legally binding contract‚ the expression of an offer to contract on certain terms by one person (the "offeror") to another person (the "offeree")‚ and an indication by the offeree of its acceptance of those terms. The other elements traditionally required for a legally binding contract are (i) consideration and (ii) an intention to create legal relations. Offer and acceptance analysis is a traditional approach
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