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General principle: The courts can quash delegated legislation and make declarations of incompatibility as regards to provisions of Acts...

General Principle: In this case attempt required proof of direct intent (aim/purpose) in respect of the result Name: R v Mohan [1976] QB...

General Principle: Beneficiaries are entitled to terminate the trust if they have attained the age of majority (over 18), if they have...

General Principle: The ECtHR has drawn a distinction between situations in which other Convention rights may be infringed upon expulsion...

General Principle: One may argue that the safeguards provided by Article 8 HRA can only be maintained when the state interferes with them...

General principle: The principle of proportionality imposes on contracting States, when pursuing a legitimate aim, to consider using the...

General principle: The EU must be regarded as a unique legal order distinct from either national or international Law. Name: Van Gend en...

General Principle: An offer for a unilateral contract cannot be withdrawn if performance has been started or completed by the offeree....

General Principle: If it can be demonstrated that revocation was sent and could have been reasonably read, then that revocation is valid....

General Rule: The postal rule cannot be relied on in cases where acceptance mandates actual notification or communication. Name: Holwell...

General Principle: If acceptance is communicated through a letter that then becomes lost in the post, a contract will still be seen to...

General Principle: If the offerer requests acceptance through a specific mode, then acceptance can only take place through this mode of...

General Principle: A request for information is not a counter-offer. Name: Stevenson v McLean (1879 – 80) LR 5 QBD 346 Facts: The...

General Principle: A collateral warranty arises if a bid is properly submitted within time and not considered. Name: Blackpool and Flyde...

General principle: Referential bidding by tender should be discouraged by the courts. Name: Harvela Investments Ltd v Royal Trust Co of...

General Principle: An invitation to tender is usually classed as an invitation to treat. Name: Spencer v Harding (1870) LR 5 CP 561...

General Principle: Items can be withdrawn before the auction takes place. Name: Harris v Nickerson (1873) LR 8 QB 286 Facts: Nickerson...

General Principle: In unilateral contracts, the performance of a requested action amounts acceptance and binds the offeror to give a...

General principle: National law cannot override EU law. Name: Flaminio Costa v ENEL (Case 6/64) [1964] ECR 585 Facts: ENEL was an...

General Principle: When someone has begun to carry out the terms of a unilateral offer and keeps on doing so, the unilateral offer cannot...