LAW 151 - TOPIC ONE (2).docx

TOPIC ONE FORMATION OF CONTRACT: OFFER & ACCEPTANCE Reading materials: Textbooks Cheshire, Fifoot & Furmston , Law of Contract (16th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2012) Stone, R. The Modern Law of Contract (8th edition, Routledge-Cavendish, 2009), Chapter 2. Dowuona Hammond, C. The Law o...

TOPIC ONE FORMATION OF CONTRACT: OFFER & ACCEPTANCE Reading materials: Textbooks Cheshire, Fifoot & Furmston , Law of Contract (16th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2012) Stone, R. The Modern Law of Contract (8th edition, Routledge-Cavendish, 2009), Chapter 2. Dowuona Hammond, C. The Law of Contract in Ghana, (Frontiers Printing & Publishing Limited, 2016), Chapters 1 and 2 Legislations: Contracts Act, 1960 (Act 25) Auction Sales Law, 1989 (P.N.D.C Law 230) Electronic Transactions Act 2008 (Act 772) Cases: NTHC Ltd v Antwi SCGLR 117-offer Taylor v Laird (1856)-Captain (ignorance of a on offer P.Y. Atta & Sons Ltd v. Kingsman Enterprise Ltd [2007-2008] 2 SCGLR 946-objectivity test Gibson v Manchester City Council (1979) 1 All E.R. 972; 1 W.L.R. 294-invitation totreat Storer v Manchester City Council 3 All ER 824; 1 WLR 1403,clear certain intention to be bound Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co 1 QB 256.-offer Tamplin v. James (1880) 15 Ch.D. 215-garden Raffles v. Wichelhaus (1864) 2 H & C 906.-the passing ships,ambiguity Scriven Bros v. Hindley & Co. 2 H & C 906-hemp or tow Hartog v. Colin & Shields 3 All E.R. 566-fraudelent misrpresentation Addison v. A/S Norway Cement Export Ltd 2 GLR. 151-no contact,no agreement Spencer v. Harding (1870) L.R. 5 C.P. 561; 23 L.T. 237-tender notices Great Northern Railway v. Witham (1873) L.R. 9 C.P 16- standing offer Perbi v. Attorney-General 2 GLR. 167-Ghana hospitalaccepted tender notice Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists 1 QB 401; 1 All ER 482-invitation to treat Fisher v. Bell 1 QB 394; 3 All ER 731-(Knife) Tesco Supermarkets Ltd v Nattrass AC 153; 2 All ER 127 Harris v Nickerson (1873) LR 8 QB 286; (1873) 42 LJ QB 171 Partridge v Crittenden 2 All ER 421-Birds Dormenyor v. Johnson Motors Ltd [1989-90] 2 G.L.R. 145-151 Grainger & Son v Cough A.C. 325. McManus v. Fortescue 2 K.B. 1 Warlow v. Harrison (1859) 1 E & E. 309 Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club Ltd v Blackpool Borough Council 3 All ER 25 Harvela Investments v Royal Trust of Canada 1 AC 207; 2 All ER 966 Barry v Heathcote Ball & Co (Commercial Auctions) Ltd 1 All ER 944; 1 WLR 1962 Brogden v. Metropolitan Railway Co. (1877) 2 App. Cas. 666. Hyde v. Wrench (1840) 3 Beav. 334 Deegbe v. Nsiah & Antonnelli [1984-86] 1 G.L.R. 545 Stevenson, Jaques & Co v McLean (1880) 5 QBD 346. Domins Fisheries Ltd v. Bremen-Vegesacker-Fisheries 2 G.L.R 490 Butler Machine Tool Co Ltd v Ex-Cell-O Corp (England) Ltd 1 All ER 965; 1 WLR 401 Trentham Ltd v Archital Luxfer 1 Lloyd’s Rep 25 Entores Ltd v. Miles Far East Corporation 2 Q.B. 327 Fofie v. Zanyo 2 G.L.R 475 Felthouse v Bindley (1862) 11 CB(NS) 869; affirmed (1863) 1 NR 401 Vitol SA v Norelf Ltd 3 All ER 193 Adams v Lindsell (1818) 1 B & Ald 681; 106 ER 250 Henthorn v Fraser 2 Ch. 27 Household Fire and Carriage Accident Insurance Co v Grant (1879) 4 Ex D 216 Holwell Securities Ltd v Hughes 1 All ER 161; 1 WLR 155 Apple Corps Ltd v Apple Computer, Inc EWHC 768; IL Pr 34 Financings Ltd v. Stimpson 1 W.L.R. 1184 Tinn v. Hoffman (1873) 29 L.T. 271 Aning v. Kingful G.L.R. 404 Routledge v. Grant (1828) 4 Bing. 653 Byrne & Co. v. Leon Van Tienhoven (1880) 5 C.P.D. 344 Dickinson v. Dodds (1876) 2 Ch.D. 463. Errington v. Errington 1. K.B. 290. Gibbons v Proctor (1891) 64 LT 594 R v Clarke (1927) 40 CLR 227 Taylor v Allon 1 QB 304; 1 All ER 557 Williams v Carwardine (1833) 5 C & P 566