Contract Law
Offer vs Invitation to Treat
Case Summaries
📄 Case Summary ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤUK Law Case SummaryCase Citation: Smith v Johnson [1863] 4 Giff 632, 66 ER 859Jurisdiction Tags: Intellectual Property, Copyright, and PublicationShort Case Name: Smith v JohnsonCourt/Level: High Court of ChanceryContents:F...
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📄 Case Summary ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤThe display of an article with a price on it in a shop window is only an invitation to treat. It is in no sense an offer for sale, the acceptance of which constitutes a contract. (Lord Justice Somervell, Fisher v Bell [1961...
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📄 Case Summary ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤIt is clear that, according to the ordinary law of contract, the display of an article with a price on it in a shop window is merely an invitation to treat. It is in no sense an offer for sale, the acceptance of which const...
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📄 Case Summary ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤThe display of an article with a price on it in a shop window is only an invitation to treat. ㅤIt is in no sense an offer for sale, the acceptance of which constitutes a contract. (Lord Justice Somervell, Pharmaceutical Soc...
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📄 Case Summary ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤThe general rule is that in order to establish a contract the acceptance must be a mirror image of the offer. Agreement must be reached on all material terms. It may well be that even the council’s formal application form, ...
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📄 Case Summary ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤThe case of Pyrke v Waddington is an interesting example of how the law of marketable title works in practice. It illustrates the difficulties and complexities of proving and challenging the title to land, and the factors t...
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