Contract - Formation - Cases

Contract cases. tests important cases on formation of contract

39 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
Goods on display are ITT
Pharmaceutical Society of GB v Boots
Adverts are ITT
Partridge v Crittenden
Offer can be withdrawn any time before acceptance
Routledge v Grant
Counter offer implied rejection of earlier offer
Hyde v Wrench
Inquiry not a counteroffer
Stevenson v McLean
Withdrawal of offer must be communicated
Byrne v Van Tienhoven
Acceptance not valid where uncertainty over terms
Scammell v Ouston
Silence does not mean acceptance
Felthouse v Brindley
Postal rule - acceptance complete on posting, applies only to acceptances
Adams v Lindsell
Postal rule - only applies where reasonable to accept by post
Quenerdine v Cole
Postal rule - must be properly addressed, stamped and posted
Ex parte Jones
Def consideration
Dunlop v Selfridge - what 1 party promises to do in return for another's promise
Consideration must be sufficient but need not be adequate
Thomas v Thomas
Past consideration is no consideration
Re McArdle
Past consideration good if...
Lampleigh v Braithwait-done at promisor's request, parties understood act to be rewarded, payment would have been enforceable if promised in advance