DAULIA v FOUR MILLBANK NOMINEES
General Principle: An offer for a unilateral contract cannot be withdrawn if performance has been started or completed by the offeree....
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THE BRIMNES
General Principle: If it can be demonstrated that revocation was sent and could have been reasonably read, then that revocation is valid....
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HOLWELL SECURITIES v HUGHES
General Rule: The postal rule cannot be relied on in cases where acceptance mandates actual notification or communication. Name: Holwell...
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HOUSEHOLD FIRE INSURANCE v GRANT
General Principle: If acceptance is communicated through a letter that then becomes lost in the post, a contract will still be seen to...
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TINN v HOFFMAN
General Principle: If the offerer requests acceptance through a specific mode, then acceptance can only take place through this mode of...
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STEVENSON v MCLEAN
General Principle: A request for information is not a counter-offer. Name: Stevenson v McLean (1879 – 80) LR 5 QBD 346 Facts: The...
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BLACKPOOL AND FLYDE AEROCLUB LTD v BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL
General Principle: A collateral warranty arises if a bid is properly submitted within time and not considered. Name: Blackpool and Flyde...
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HARVELA INVESTMENTS v ROYAL TRUST
General principle: Referential bidding by tender should be discouraged by the courts. Name: Harvela Investments Ltd v Royal Trust Co of...
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SPENCER v HARDING
General Principle: An invitation to tender is usually classed as an invitation to treat. Name: Spencer v Harding (1870) LR 5 CP 561...
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HARRIS v NICKERSON
General Principle: Items can be withdrawn before the auction takes place. Name: Harris v Nickerson (1873) LR 8 QB 286 Facts: Nickerson...
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CARLILL v CARBOLIC SMOKE BALL
General Principle: In unilateral contracts, the performance of a requested action amounts acceptance and binds the offeror to give a...
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ERRINGTON v ERRINGTON AND WOODS
General Principle: When someone has begun to carry out the terms of a unilateral offer and keeps on doing so, the unilateral offer cannot...
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DICKINSON v DODDS
General Principle: The revocation of an offer does not have to be communicated by one party to another directly; it can be done through a...
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MANCHESTER DIOCESAN COUNCIL v COMMERCIAL GENERAL INVESTMENTS
General Principle: The method of acceptance arranged for a tender was not mandatory and if an offeror wants it to be mandatory, this...
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PARTRIDGE v CRITTENDEN
General Principle: Advertisements in periodicals are typically invitations to treat. Name: Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 2 All ER 421...
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LUXOR v COOPER
General Principle: The terms of a contract may allow an offerer to revoke his promise even after it has been partially accepted by...
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BARRY v DAVIES
General Principle: If there is an auction without reserve, the auctioneer must sell to the highest bidder. Name: Barry v Davies (2000)...
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ROUTLEDGE v GRANT
General Principle: An offer can be withdrawn at any time before it has been accepted. Anything said or done to accept the offer after it...
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HYDE v WRENCH
General Principle: A counter-offer nullifies the original offer. Name: Hyde v Wrench (1840) 3 Beav 334 Facts: Wrench (the defendant)...
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