Formation of Contract in UK Law

  • Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd v L. Schuler A.G.
    • House of Lords
    • 04 Abril 1973
    ... ... b )(i) which were not waived they were entitled to terminate the contract ... 11 I think it right first to consider the meaning of clause 11 ... at the time, what intention ought to be imputed to them on the formation of the contract. Unless it were to found an estoppel or a subsequent ... ...
  • Whitworth Street Estates (Manchester) Ltd v James Miller and Partners Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 03 Março 1970
    ... ... They accepted the Appellants' tender for the work and the contract made by the parties was in the form published by the Royal Institute of ... at the time, what intention ought to be imputed to them on the formation of the contract. Unless it were to found an estoppel or a subsequent ... ...
  • Tiverton Estates Ltd v Wearwell Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 Novembro 1973
    ... ... could protect their clients by writing their letters "subject to contract". Law v. Jones shattered this belief. To the minds of solicitors, it ... , until accepted and takes effect simultaneously with the formation of the contract ... 77 Lord Justice Bowen in Re ... ...
  • Domb v Isoz
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 Novembro 1979
    ... ... and Mrs. Domb, sue as purchasers for specific performance of a contract of sale by the defendant, Dr. Isoz, to them of property known as 34 ... ...
  • RTS Flexible Systems Ltd v Molkerei Alois Muller GmbH & Company KG
    • Supreme Court
    • 21 Julho 2010
    ... ... The claim was brought by RTS for "money due under a contract, alternatively damages". A number of issues arose between the parties and ... which they regarded or the law requires as essential for the formation of legally binding relations. Even if certain terms of economic or other ... ...
  • Law v Jones
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 Abril 1973
    ... ... under Section 40 of the Law of Property Act, 1925, of an oral contract for the sale by the defendant appellant to the plaintiff of a freehold ... inexistence, and is ultimately simultaneous with the formation of the contract: see Warner v. Willington (1856) 3 Drewry, at page 532 , ... ...
  • Hely-Hutchinson v Brayhead Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 Junho 1967
    ... ... So there was no contract by the Company. Second, they say that if there was a contract by the ... In other words, that disclosure is a condition precedent to the formation of a contract. But I do not think that is correct. All that Article 99 ... ...
  • Daulia Ltd v Four Millbank Nominees Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 24 Novembro 1977
    ... ... sale and purchase, but they claim they did obtain a unilateral contract by the first defendants that they would enter into a written contract of ... It was the intention of the parties that the formation of a contract of sale should await the exchange of formal written ... ...
  • Jennings v Rice
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 Fevereiro 2002
    ... ... terms of the offer were too vague and imprecise to amount to a contract. Mrs Royle was prone to saying different things at different times and, ... not far short of an enforceable contract (if the only bar to the formation of a contract is non-compliance with section 2 of the Law of Property ... ...
  • Braymist Ltd v The Wise Finance Company Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 Fevereiro 2002
    ... ... Sturges the sum of £67,700.58 representing damages for breach of contract and interest ... 2 The relevant facts can be briefly stated. At ... on the contract where his principal is a company in course of formation but entitled to sue on it. Section 36C(1) provides:— "36C(1) A ... ...
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