Contract Acceptance in UK Law

  • Entores Ltd v Miles Far East Corporation
    • Court of Appeal
    • 17 Mayo 1955
    ... ... are that the action is brought to recover damages for breach of a contract made with in the jurisdiction or by implication to be governed by English ... a few minutes ago we note that there is a query on the acceptance of our bid for 100 tons payment in sterling and you are as certaining that ... ...
  • Daulia Ltd v Four Millbank Nominees Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 24 Noviembre 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 ... the performance by the plaintiff of the act necessary for acceptance impossible, and I agree with Lord Justice Goff that the defendant could ... ...
  • Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson
    • House of Lords
    • 19 Noviembre 2003
    ... ... the effect of fraudulent misrepresentation on the formation of a contract. If a crook (C) fraudulently represents to the owner of goods (O) that he ... the offer made by the owners of the car was capable of acceptance only by the honest P G M Hutchinson of Caterham. Pearce LJ considered that ... ...
  • Johnson v Agnew
    • House of Lords
    • 08 Marzo 1979
    ... ... appeal arises in a vendors' action for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land, the appellant being the purchaser and the vendors ... , it is now quite clear, under the general law of contract, that acceptance of a repudiatory breach does not bring about "rescission ab initio ". I ... ...
  • Gunton v Richmond-upon-Thames London Borough Council
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 03 Julio 1980
    ... ... Gunton") in relation to his contract of servicec with the Borough. By his cross-notice Mr. Gunton asks this C ... necessary to look that; far, I would regard his sodoing as an acceptance of the Borough's repudiation of his contract of service. I do not however, ... ...
  • Geys v Societe Generale, London Branch
    • Supreme Court
    • 19 Diciembre 2012
    ... ... amounting to more than €12.5m and to damages for breach of contract. The Bank's case is that the appellant is entitled to a termination ... He indicated his acceptance of the offer in the way that the letter required of him and, having done ... ...
  • Photo Production Ltd v Securicor Transport Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 14 Febrero 1980
    ... ... In 1968 it entered into a contract with the respondents by which for a charge of £8.15.0d. (old currency) ... Strictly speaking, to say that, on acceptance of the renunciation of a contract, the contract is rescinded is incorrect ... ...
  • Western Excavating (ECC) Ltd v Sharp
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 Noviembre 1977
    ... ... taken to be dismissed by his employer if, but only if, - (a) the contract under which he is employed by the employer is terminated by the employer, ... breach of contract resulting in its unilateral repudiation and acceptance of that unilateral repudiation be the innocent party. The employer's ... ...
  • Heyman v Darwins Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 20 Febrero 1942
    ... ... 2 By a written contract dated 19th February, 1938, the Respondents, who are manufacturers of steel ... : it takes two to end it, by repudiation, on the one side, and acceptance of the repudiation, on the other ... 10 Thus, in ... ...
  • Decro-Wall International S.A. v Practitioners in Marketing Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 15 Octubre 1970
    ... ... that their oral agreement would be replaced by a formal written contract. Several draft contracts were prepared and discussed during the years in ... letter of the 9th April, 1970, purported to be nothing but an acceptance of a repudiation which had never been made. If there were any doubt as to ... ...
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