I offer to sell Jane, who is one of my students, a copy of the contract law textbook for £5. Jane puts a note under my door thre

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                                                             Contract Law

Assignment - Case File Project  

Weighting: 30%

Pass Mark:  60%

Instructions – In a 1,000 word essay, answer all questions. Question one (1) is worth 20 marks, while question two (2) is 10 marks.

Question One

In the following contractual situations, identify offer and acceptance. Provide suitable advice and support your answers with relevant cases, where appropriate.

1. I offer to sell Jane, who is one of my students, a copy of the contract law textbook for £5.  Jane puts a note under my door three weeks later, informing me that she wants the book and attaching the £5. The day before, I sold the book to another student.

(10 marks).

1. Sarah writes to Bill, offering to sell him her Contract Law textbook for £6.  Bill writes back accepting, but the letter is delayed in the post and does not arrive for two weeks, by which time, Sarah has assumed that Bill does not want the book and has sold it to Jane.

(3 marks)

1. Would your answer be any different if Sarah and Bill had been communicating by email?

(2 marks).

1. Roger offers to sell his car to Ben for £1,500.  Ben replies that he is definitely interested but can only afford £1,200.  Roger does not respond to this and so Ben then leaves a message for Roger saying that he will pay £1,500.  Roger, however, has now decided not to sell the car but Ben is arguing that they have a contract.

(5 marks).