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Summary Every Single case mentioned within Contract LAW

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Contract Law (LLB)

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In this document, contains every case that has been mentioned, including in which sub-module it is mentioned in. This document is useful during any contract law exam as it is heavily reliant on case studies.

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Contract Law – CASE STUDIES
Blue Highlighted sections = not needed for exam.
CASE WHERE?
W1 – Lecture 1 Materials
FORMATION OF
CONTRACT
Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394 Shop
ITT Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 2 All ER 421 General Rule [Valid offer v Invitation to Treat]
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. [1893] 1 QB 256 CA Unilateral Contract Example.
Exception [Valid offer v Invitation to Treat]
Gibson v Manchester City Council [1979] 1 WLR 294 Example of a Valid Offer [clear, certain & contains
all of the terms].
Smith v Hughes (1871) LR 6 QB 597 Objective Test –
“If, whatever a man’s real intention may be, he so
conducts himself that a reasonable man would
believe he was assenting to the terms proposed by
the other party, and that other party upon that belief
enters into the contract with him, the man thus
conducting himself would be equally bound as if he
had intended to agree to the other party’s terms.” –
Blackburn J

W2 – Lecture 2 Materials
FORMATION OF
CONTRACT

, Hyde v Wrench [1818] 1 QB 681 A counter offer [destroys the original offer; nothing
left to accept]
Stevenson v Maclean [1880] 5 QBD 346 A request for information [offeree needs to go back
and confirm acceptance]
Felthouse v Bindley [1862] 11 CB Silence [not a valid acceptance]
Butler Machine Tool Ltd v Ex Cell-O Corp [1979] 1 All
ER 965
Tinn v Hoffman [1973] 29 LT 271
Adams v Linsell [1818] 1 B & Ald 681 Postal Rule Example
Household Fire Ins. V Grant [1879] 4 Ex D 216 Postal Rule Example
Holwell Securities v Hughes [1974] 1 WLR 155 Avoiding the Postal Rule Example.
Entores v Miles Far East Corp. [1955] 2 All ER 493 Instantaneous modes of communication
Brinkibon v Stahag Stahl [1982] 1 ALL ER 293
W3 – Lecture 3 Materials
FORMATION OF
CONTRACT
Ramsgate Victoria Hotel v Montefiore [1866] LR 1 EX
109
Payne v Cave [1789] 100 ER 502
Routledge v Grant [1828] 4 Bing 653
Byrne & Coy Leon v Van Tienhoven [1880] 5 CPD 344 Revocation must be communicated [Bilateral
offers]
Dickinson v Dodds [1875] LR 2 Ch D 463
Great Northern Railway Company v Witham [1873] LR Revocation of offer – unilateral offer

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