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A case summary of Routledge v Grant, a UK law case on the formation of contract and offer of sale. The court ruled that a party cannot be bound by an offer while the other is not, and that the offer can be withdrawn at any time before acceptance.
A case on offer and acceptance in contract law. The defendant withdrew his offer to lease a property before the claimant accepted it, and the claimant failed to prove he had extended his lease with his landlord.
Key Point. An offer can be withdrawn at any time prior to acceptance, regardless of any promise by the offeror to keep the offer open. Facts. D made an offer to purchase the lease of C’s house, stating that the offer would only be open for 6 weeks for C’s consideration.
May 28, 2024 · Learn how offer and acceptance are the foundational elements of a contract, and how they can be retracted or modified. See the facts, judgement and commentary of the case Routledge v Grant, where a house purchase offer was withdrawn after acceptance.
Legum case brief on Routeledge v Grant. The principle(s) in this case: A promise to keep an offer open is not binding without consideration from the offeree; an offer can be revoked at any time if the offeree gives no consideration in response to a promise to keep the offer open.
In Routledge v Grant (1828) (Court of Common Pleas) the offeror stated that he would leave the offer of purchasing a lease on his property open for six weeks. When the offer was revoked before the end of the six weeks the offeree sued.
Learn the basic principles of acceptance in contract law, such as unequivocal, mirroring and communication of the offer. See examples of counter offers, requests for information and cross offers, and how they affect the formation of a contract.
