Contract Formation Acceptance in UK Law

  • Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson
    • House of Lords
    • 19 November 2003
    ... ... of fraudulent misrepresentation on the formation of a contract. If a crook (C) fraudulently ... the owners of the car was capable of acceptance only by the honest P G M Hutchinson of Caterham ... ...
  • Butler Machine Tool Company Ltd v Ex-Cell-O Corporation (England) Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 April 1977
    ... ... in the 24th edition of Alison's Law of Contract (1975) at pages 57 and 38, of which the editor is ... but to make it a condition of acceptance of order that goods will be charged at prices ... of article 7 of the Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods ... ...
  • Apple Corps Ltd v Apple Computer Inc. [ChD]
    • Chancery Division
    • 07 April 2004
    ... ... governed by English law, and that the contract was made in England. At the hearing before me ... Since Mr Zeffman's acceptance was received in California, on an application of ... assumes that one can analyse the formation of a contract in offer and acceptance terms, and ... ...
  • RTS Flexible Systems Ltd v Molkerei Alois Muller GmbH & Company KG
    • Supreme Court
    • 21 July 2010
    ... ... brought by RTS for "money due under a contract, alternatively damages". A number of issues arose ... Please confirm your acceptance of the above by signing below where indicated ... the law requires as essential for the formation of legally binding relations. Even if certain ... ...
  • Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club Ltd v Blackpool Borough Council
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 25 May 1990
    ... ... ("the Council") for damages for breach of contract and common law negligence. It was in issue ... believed to be in time, recommending acceptance of Red Rose Helicopters' tender, no doubt because ... ...
  • Johnson v Agnew
    • House of Lords
    • 08 March 1979
    ... ... ' action for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land, the appellant being the ... the general law of contract, that acceptance of a repudiatory breach does not bring about ... because of matters which affect its formation, as in the case of fraud, the parties are to be ... ...
  • Tiverton Estates Ltd v Wearwell Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 November 1973
    ... ... by writing their letters "subject to contract". Law v. Jones shattered this belief. To the ... 123) , these decisions — about the acceptance of a written offer — were very necessary to ... takes effect simultaneously with the formation of the contract ... 77 ... ...
  • Trentham (G Percy) Ltd v Archital Luxfer Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 July 1992
    ... ... dated 2nd February 1984 ("the main contract") governed phase 1. An agreement dated 18th ... the relevance of the dispute about the formation of the two alleged sub-contracts. The answer is ... true that the coincidence of offer and acceptance will in the vast majority of cases represent the ... ...
  • McCutcheon v David Macbrayne Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 21 January 1964
    ... ... 2 The question is, what was the contract between the parties? The contract was an oral ... constituted by the delivery and acceptance of a ticket or otherwise, proceeded to say— ... It played no part in the formation of the contract and there was no reason to ... ...
  • Hurst v Bryk
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 04 February 1997
    ... ... owed to Mr Hurst in relation to the formation of the new partnership, that Mr Hurst, who was ... the doctrine of repudiation applies to a contract of partnership. It follows that if it can be ... Defendants, or by the formal notice of acceptance on 2 November 1990, it matters not which ... ...
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