Law
Kennedy v London Express Newspaper (1931)
Exeption- offer of free accident insurance to readers who registered with their local shop. No need to contact directly.
Postal rule
acceptance is made by post, formed when letter is POSTED
Household Fire Insurance v Grant (1879)
G. applied for shares and put in deposit. Co. accepted by letter but it never arrived. Co. went into liquidation and he had to pay because the letter was sent.
Powell v Lee (1908)
Acceptance must be communicated to the offeror, and is only valid if accepted.
Felthouse v Bindley 1862
"If i hear no more about him i consider the horse mine". non-response is NOT valid acceptance
Form of acceptance
oral, written, conduct or combination
Hyde v Wrench (1840)
No variaton is allowed- it would result in a counter offer
Routledge v Grant (1828)
offer to buy house left open for 6 weeks. Within that period he withdrew the offer. offeror. was entitled to revoke at any time prior
Dickinson v Dodds (1876)
Revocation must be communicated to the offeree to be effective
Death
If the offeror dies and the offeree accepts after he has notice of the death, there is NO contract
Lapse of time
After a specific time, the offer will lapse
Loring v City of Boston (1844)
reward of €500 was claimed 4 yrs adter advertised. City refused to pay - offer lapsed.