1. Contract Case Law: Offer

2. R v Clarke
Held: It was uncertain whether he was thinking about the
reward at the time he coughed up the information and he
therefore couldn’t prove that the offer was in his
contemplation at the time of his alleged acceptance.

3. Taylor v Laird
Held: His wages claim failed, owner had no
knowledge of the offer and was unable to accept
it.

4. Partridge v Crittenden
Held: An advert will ordinarily be treated as an
invitation to treat not an offer and therefore D
was acquitted.

5. P.S.G.B. v Boots Chemists [1953]
Held: The Point of sale was cash
desk, displaying of product was
invitation only.

6. Fisher v Bell
Held: that offer for sale has a technical meaning in
law, and a a shop window display is an invitation to
treat and not an offer.

7. British Car Auctions v Wright [1972]
Held: At an Auction there was no offer to
sell the vehicle at auction and the
prosecution failed.

8. Harvey v Facey [1893]
Held: The court held that this was not an offer and
that a mere statement of price would only amount to
an invitation to treat.

9. Gibson v Manchester County Council
[1979]
Held: In this case the House of Lords held that a letter stating
that someone may be prepared to sell their council house at a
specified price was an invitation to treat not an offer.

10. Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co 1893
Held: a unilateral offer was an exception to the
general rule that an advert will amount to an
invitation to treat.

11. Hyde v Wrench (1840)
Held: A counter offer or change of terms by the
original offeree will result in the termination of the
first offer.

12. Byrne v Van Tienhoven (1980)
Held: The offeror can withdraw the offer at any time before
acceptance. This must however be communicated to the offeree
before the offer is accepted

13. Dickinson v Dodds (1876)
Held: Notice of revocation can be received
from the offeror or through knowledge gained
from a reliable third party

14. Ramsgate Victoria Hotel and
Montefiore (1866)
Held: The lapse of time between offer and acceptance
was unreasonable when buying shares given the
fluctuation that may occur in market rates. The offer had
lapsed and therefore was not capable of being accepted.