Postal Rule

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

In the Common Law system, “the Mailbox Rule is an alternate term for the Postal Rule; when mailed, an acceptance of an offer to contract is valid from the moment it is deposited into a mailbox; on dispatch.” The Mailbox rule is an exception to the general rule that a contract is created when acceptance is directly communicated to the offeror. The mailbox rule provides that the contract is formed when the letter of acceptance is placed in the mailbox. This rule was established by the case of Adams v. Lindsell (1818) B& Ald 68. In this case, Judge Law said that if that were

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One of the formal components of an enforceable contract is consideration. Lush J defined consideration as: ‘...may consist either in some right, interest, profit or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility, given suffered or undertaken by the other.’ The definition provides guideline to decide the existence of a consideration. While consideration is necessary for an agreement to be enforceable. The development of equity court has allowed promises to be enforced even without consideration. This essay contends that under certain circumstances like promissory estoppel, a promise can be enforced even without support of consideration. The essay considers the development of the doctrine of promissory estoppel by looking at how the courts have applied the principle in cases。As such application practically manifests the role of judicial discretion which might undermine provision of certainty and predictability of common law rules in contractual disputes. We will discuss the role of judicial discretion and then conclude by considering the status of certainty and predictability in the law.

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The postal acceptance rule is not applicable for instantaneous methods of communication, which are email, fax, telephone and facsimile. However, if both parties agreed upon electronic communication

The postal rule states that when letter is stamped and put it the post box it is seen as being accepted straightaway. The postal rule - Adams v Lindsell [1818] so as Adam as seen it and is willing to accept, the postal rule is way to make or receive an offer by meaning

In BROGDEN v METROPOLITAN RAIL CO it was held the railway company had accepted by placing orders since the amendment of the document, and in TRENTHAM LTD v ARCHITAL LUXFER the court used the 'reasonable man' to identify whether or not there has been acceptance. Both cases seemed to have reasonable outcomes; therefore the courts had been provided with satisfactory rules to help them reach a appropriate verdict. There are various different rules regarding acceptance. There must be a communication of acceptance from the offeree to the offeror. The case of YATES BUILDING v PULLEYN deals whether there had been a prescribed acceptance or not. It was held that there was no practical difference to the offeror therefore the acceptance method was binding. However in the case of ENTORES LTD v MILES FAR EAST CORPORATION there was no prescribed acceptance, yet it was held that the contract was formed in England as that was there acceptance had been received by telex. Other rules that can be used to decide whether there has been acceptance include a waiver of communication of acceptance; silence, which isn't a valid acceptance; ignorance, generally there isn't a binding contract; and acceptance via post using the postal rule. The postal rule can often be misused, as it states that a contract has been formed as

The Postal Rule: Acceptances mailed by post do not follow the general rule that an acceptance is only valid when it is communicated to the offeror. An acceptance is valid at the moment when it is put into the post box by the offeree in order to send it to the offeror (Adams v Lindsell).

Postal rule states that where it applies, acceptance takes place as soon as the letter is posted, not when the offeror receives it. It is an important exception to the rule that acceptance is not valid until it is communicated to the offeror. Consequently the offeror might

This contingency plan is designed to document functions performed and limitations to personal and official mail postal services in the event the main facility is no longer usable. This plan will provide general guidelines on postal responsibilities during

The postal rule was developed to facilitate contracting at a distance. Initially, bargaining at a distance often posed a great challenge to bargaining parties especially through the postal services. This was mainly because via the mail parties could not know simultaneously whether they had reached an agreement. As a result a general rule indicating the time of an acceptance had to be established. Consequently the postal acceptance rule was developed .The postal rule function to create an exception to the general rule, which stipulates that an acceptance will only be effective upon receipt