Contract Law

Issues of this case: Could the offer acceptance by e-mail be capable of creating contractual relationships? Was there a breach of contract? The matter of the case is regulated by Contract Law.

There is consideration present here since according to the ‘Doctrine of Consideration, ' promises will legally enforceable if you ‘ask for something in return for ' something else. Here, Ken asks for £12,000 in return for his work to build Jack 's conservatory. Therefore, when Jack ‘accordingly contacts Ken to say that he will be employing him to do the building work, ' Jack has accepted Ken 's offer, and both parties have entered into a legally binding contract. Jack 's statement qualifies as an acceptance since there is correspondence between the two parties, whereby both the offer and acceptance are on the same terms; there is nexus, where the acceptance is in response to the offer; and finally, there is communication on both parts. Moreover, when Jack states that he will accept the ‘most competitive ' tender, he could argue that the recommendation from ‘Barnie, ' his ‘neighbour ' who expresses that ‘Ken is an excellent builder ' constitutes Jack 's meaning of the ‘most competitive. ' However, this is not relevant unless Bob wishes to argue in court that Jack 's proposal was indeed an invitation to tender, which constitutes an offer, as according to Harvela.

An offeror will have made an offer where it appears to a reasonable person in the position of the offeree that an offer was intended.

Manifestation: Acceptance of an offer requires a communication of the acceptance to the offeror from the offeree so in order to satisfy the mutual assent requirement. Pete acceptance could be inferred through his statement No problem you can let me know sometime within the next two weeks.

6. Assuming, arguendo, that this e-mail does constitute an agreement, what consideration supports this agreement?

However, the following are the vital steps contained in each contract. Also, without them the contract would not be considered valid. First, an offer entails a statement by one party who is willing to make a contract under certain conditions keeping in mind that it shall be accepted. Second, acceptance gives a picture of the agreement to the terms offered. According to Rogers (2012), acceptance is considered valid when, (1) it is made by an individual to whom the offer was directed, (2) it is unequivocal, and (3) it is communicated to the offeror. Third, consideration encompasses the terms of the contracts between the parties. Therefore,

This is a clear expression of a party accepting agreement to the terms of the offer.

The decision delivered on 3 February 2015 illustrates that agreements to negotiate can be legally binding on the parties only if drafted correctly with certainty at the forefront in the minds of people drafting them.

P2 EXPLAIN THE LAW IN RELATION TO THE FORMATION OF A CONTRACT IN A GIVEN SITUATION

A contract comes into existence with the initiation of an offer made by one party, which in turn should be ‘accepted’ by the other party. The element of offer and acceptance thus initiate the legal process of the formation of a valid and binding contract. The significance of acceptance with respect to the contract laws stems from the fact that the proposed offer must be accepted by the promisee and forthwith be communicated to the promisor. Together offer and acceptance create a promise which can

Contracts are an integral part of our everyday life and play as important role in our personal and business lives. In order to deal effectively with promises provided in the business world, a legal framework is needed. Basically, a contract is a promise or set of promises, for which the law provides a remedy if a party breaches or failing to perform. In order to form a contract, four basic elements are needed: an agreement, bargained-for consideration, legal capacity to enter into the contract and a legal purpose consistent with law and public policy. The case Michelle M. Nichols v Century West, LLC et al. below described how the contract is important in business and the promises enforceable in court.

The offer and acceptance model is flawed- only an agreement is necessary. In order to fully comprehend this statement, we must first establish what constitutes and offer and what constitutes acceptance. “An offer is a statement by one party of willingness to enter into a contract on stated terms, provided that these terms are, in turn, accepted by the party to whom the offer is addressed”. Acceptance is “…an unqualified expression of ascent to the terms proposed by the offeror”. The “Offer and acceptance model” is based on the court’s adopt the “mirror image” rule of contractual formation. Applying the definitions stated above, we can take this to mean that there must be a clear and unequivocal offer which must be matched by an equally

In conclusion, taking everything into account, the consideration and intention are presented in the case. The court is able to legally enforce this because Ruth’s company are already in a contract with Marques and were willing to make few changes such as increase his payment. This means the parties intended to be legally bound when the offer was made.

An offer is classified through the notion and understanding the willingness of both parties to enter into a bargain or proposal to a contract. The person who makes an offer is the offeror. The person to whom he makes that offer is the offeree. The terms are annoying but inescapable because, like handcuffs, all courts use them. Stan who is the salesperson on the car lot allowed the buyers Jim and Laura to test-drive the car, after test driving the blue four door sedan the couple gave Stan a 100-dollar deposit to hold the car for one day without signing any paperwork.

In this problem Finnin, McPherson and Wright (FMW) expressed to negotiate on buying the Honda-Toyota dealership on Lindsay. Based on the proposed agreement, FMW should pay a certain amount of $1.1million of the stock of Lindsay. And so, this case should be based under the common law. Common law governs the contracts for services, intangible assets and other contracts not governed by the Uniform Commercial Code (Mallor, Barnes, Bowers, Langvardt, 2013). Formation of the contract under the common law includes an offer, acceptance and consideration. And in order for an offer to be binding the offeree (the person to whom the offer is made) must accept the offer. An offer gives the power of acceptance to another party and includes the agreements essential elements, which must be definite and certain.