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Essay about A Contract

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A Contract Beatson, in Anson’s Law of contract, defines a contract as ‘A legally binding agreement made between two or more persons, by which rights are acquired by one or more to acts or forbearances on the part of the other or others.’[1] In simpler terms a contract is an agreement made between two or more parties who intend that the agreement will be legally binding. The essential elements of a contract are, offer, acceptance, intention to create legal relations, capacity, form and legality.

For a contract to be valid there must be an agreement and an offer between the two parties

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Julia reply’s that the item is not a sale item and she refuses to sell the item to roger for £25.

The sign displayed was an ‘invitation to treat’, were Lord Parker stated:

‘It is clear according to the ordinary law of contract that the display of an article with a price on it in a shop window is merely an invitation to treat. It is in no sense an offer for sale, the acceptance of which constitutes a contract.’[2]

In the above case for a contract to take place there must be an offer and an acceptance. It is clear that Electrical World was not making the offer, where customers have been invited to make offers, an invitation to treat. It is obvious that the sign Roger saw, which stated ‘last few sale items all £25 or less’ was an invitation to treat. It is clear in the case that Roger was making the offer by taking the item to the counter, with an intention to pay £25, so Roger made an offer as he took the item to the counter, so Roger is the offeree. And the sale assistance Julia is the offeror on behalf of Electrical World.

Julia made a counter offer[3] by destroying Rogers offer. Julia destroyed the offer when she requested £75, and Roger refused to pay. This rejection was in the response of a different price, instead of the price that Roger

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