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Communication of Offer, Acceptance and Revocation Made Through Post (Letter or Telegram)

This document discusses the rules around communication of offers, acceptances, and revocations in contract law. It addresses: 1) When communication is considered complete for an offer, acceptance, or revocation depending on whether it is communicated via letter, telegram, or other means. 2) Examples of how offers, acceptances, and revocations are communicated including specific cases where letters or telegrams are used. 3) Special rules around loss of an acceptance letter in postal transit and when the contract would still be considered complete in that situation.

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Communication of Offer, Acceptance and Revocation Made Through Post (Letter or Telegram)

This document discusses the rules around communication of offers, acceptances, and revocations in contract law. It addresses: 1) When communication is considered complete for an offer, acceptance, or revocation depending on whether it is communicated via letter, telegram, or other means. 2) Examples of how offers, acceptances, and revocations are communicated including specific cases where letters or telegrams are used. 3) Special rules around loss of an acceptance letter in postal transit and when the contract would still be considered complete in that situation.

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COMMUNICATION OF OFFER,

ACCEPTANCE AND REVOCATION


made through post ( letter or
telegram)


Rules
Mode o !ommu"#!at#o"
$he" !ommu"#!at#o" #s !omplete%
T#me or re&o!at#o" o oer a"d a!!epta"!e
'oss o letter o a!!epta"!e #" postal tra"s#t
Co"tra!ts o&er telepho"e or tele( or oral !ommu"#!at#o"
$he" does a" oer !ome to a" e"d

Mode o !ommu"#!at#o"
$ords spo)e"
$r#tte"
*+ !o"du!t

$he" !ommu"#!at#o" #s !omplete%
Commu"#!at#o" o oer

Is !ompleted ,he" #t !omes to )"o,ledge o the


perso" to ,hom #t #s made
Commu"#!at#o" o a!!epta"!e

Is !ompleted as aga#"st the proposer ,he" #t #s


put #"to !ourse o tra"sm#ss#o" to h#m, so as to -e
out o po,er o a!!eptor
Commu"#!at#o" o re&o!at#o"

Is !ompleted as aga#"st the perso" ,ho ma)es #t


, ,he" #t #s put #"to !ourse o tra"sm#ss#o" to the
perso" to ,hom #t #s made, so as to -e out o the
po,er o the perso" ,ho ma)es #t

Cases
Commu"#!at#o" o oer
A proposes, -+ a letter , to sell a house to * at a
!erta#" pr#!e. The letter #s posted o" /0
th
1ul+. It
rea!hes * o" /2
th
1ul+.
Commu"#!at#o" o a!!epta"!e
* a!!epts A proposal -+ a letter se"t -+ post o"
/3. the letter rea!hes A o" /4 . the !ommu"#!at#o"
o the a!!epta"!e #s !omplete, as aga#"st A, ,he"
the letter #s posted /#.e. O" /3 as aga#"st * ,he"
the letter #s re!e#&ed -+ A #.e. O" /4
Commu"#!at#o" o re&o!at#o"
A proposes -+ a letter to sell a house to * at
!erta#" pr#!e. The letter #s posted o" /4 ma+.. #t
rea!hes * o" /5 ma+. A re&o)es h#s oer -+
telegram o" /6 th ma+ . The telegram rea!hes *
o" 20 ma+. The re&o!at#o" #s !omplete as aga#"st
A ,he" the telegram #s d#spat!hed#.e. O" /6. #t #s
!omplete as aga#"st * ,he" he re!e#&es #t.#.e. O"
20 ma+

'oss o letter o a!!epta"!e #"
postal tra"s#t
A!!epta"!e #s !omplete as soo" as the letter #s
posted.
The !o"tra!t #s !omplete e&e" # the letter o
a!!epta"!e goes lost through a" a!!#de"t #" the
post
*ut #t #s #mporta"t that letter o a!!epta"!e #s
!orre!tl+ addressed, stamped a"d posted
other,#se !ommu"#!at#o" #s "ot !ompleted

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