Contract law

vee_dubber

Hi all

I got a contract law assignment due Monday, the problem is:

Company A sends offer to company B on 1st of December offering to supply

Company A "misdirects" letter which delays its arrival to company B

Company B receives letter on the 8th of December, replies same day by post accepting terms of offer, asking if €500 was their best price

Company A believed that they reasonably could have expected to have heard from company B by the 4th of December, company A sells the items to a third party on the 6th of December

Company A sends e-mail on the 7th of December stating that the offer was withdrawn

Company B does not read e-mail until 5pm December 10th

advise company B

can someone point me in the right direction of some relevant case law? sorry if I'm being a pest! wording of problem is specifically worded to be ambiguous.. Thank you!

MarkAnthony

This is going to end well :pac:

Where's that post Chops (IIRC) made?

MarkAnthony

Ah here.

+1 on the sticky again.

vee_dubber

Not looking for you to actually do my work for me, I'm just having difficulty finding relevant cases"!

234

vee_dubber wrote: »

Hi all

I got a contract law assignment due Monday, the problem is:

Company A sends offer to company B on 1st of December offering to supply

Company A "misdirects" letter which delays its arrival to company B

Company B receives letter on the 8th of December, replies same day by post accepting terms of offer, asking if €500 was their best price

Company A believed that they reasonably could have expected to have heard from company B by the 4th of December, company A sells the items to a third party on the 6th of December

Company A sends e-mail on the 7th of December stating that the offer was withdrawn

Company B does not read e-mail until 5pm December 10th

advise company B

can someone point me in the right direction of some relevant case law? sorry if I'm being a pest! wording of problem is specifically worded to be ambiguous.. Thank you!

Just open a copy of Chitty and you will have all the cases you need on it. Even a student textbook will provide dozens of references for issues like this. Don't expect a case that will answer the question comprehensively, break down the constituent issues and look at case law on each.

vee_dubber

234 wrote: »

Just open a copy of Chitty and you will have all the cases you need on it. Even a student textbook will provide dozens of references for issues like this. Don't expect a case that will answer the question comprehensively, break down the constituent issues and look at case law on each.

Chitty??

Pat Mustard

vee_dubber wrote: »

Not looking for you to actually do my work for me, I'm just having difficulty finding relevant cases"!

I would have thought the this basic caselaw should be on your contract law syllabus. In any event, there is a list of some caselaw relating to offer, acceptance, termination of offer here:
http://www.citycolleges.ie/wp/wp-content/uploads/Contract-law-night-before-notes.pdf

234

vee_dubber wrote: »

Chitty??

Sorry, I presumed that you were a law student.

Chitty on Contract is the most comprehensive and leading textbook on contract law. It's English, so you will need to check other books on exactly how this area has been interpreted in Ireland, but for the most part our contract is identical to England's so this will tell you what the law is and give all the references you could even need.

If there is a law library in your university they are guaranteed to have one. And it is worth checking to see if they also have a westlaw uk subscription that has it online.

vee_dubber

234 wrote: »

Sorry, I presumed that you were a law student.

Chitty on Contract is the most comprehensive and leading textbook on contract law. It's English, so you will need to check other books on exactly how this area has been interpreted in Ireland, but for the most part our contract is identical to England's so this will tell you what the law is and give all the references you could even need.

If there is a law library in your university they are guaranteed to have one. And it is worth checking to see if they also have a westlaw uk subscription that has it online.

I am a law student, just not a very good one, thanks for your comment, I'll be sure to check it out

Pat Mustard

vee_dubber wrote: »

I am a law student, just not a very good one,

:pac:

MarkAnthony

vee_dubber wrote: »

I am a law student, just not a very good one, thanks for your comment, I'll be sure to check it out

I sympathise and know how you feel.

notabasicb

vee_dubber wrote: »

I am a law student, just not a very good one, thanks for your comment, I'll be sure to check it out

If only for your own benefit look to your course reading list not boards.ie for your assignments