Warlow v Harrison (1859) 1 E & E 309, 120 ER 925 (Exchequer Chamber) The defendant, Harrison, an auctioneer, advertised the sale without reserve of a horse by public auction. The plaintiff attended the sale and bid 60 guineas. The horse’s owner bid 61 guineas. The plaintiff refused to make any further bid and the […]
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Harris v Nickerson (1873) LR 8 QB 286 (QB) The defendant auctioneer advertised that lots, including certain office furniture, would be sold by him at Bury St Edmunds on specified days. The plaintiff had a commission to buy this furniture and travelled from London for the sale. However, the lots were withdrawn from sale. The
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Spencer v Harding (1870) LR 5 CP 561 (CP) The case is well summarized by Willes J: The action is brought against persons who issued a circular offering a stock for sale by tender, to be sold at a discount in one lot. The plaintiffs sent in a tender which turned out to be the
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Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists (Southern) Ltd [1952] 2 QB 795 (Court of Queen’s Bench) The defendants, Boots was charged with an offence under the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933, Section 18, which required that sales of poisons in Part I of the Poisons List take place under the supervision of
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Fisher v Bell [1961] 1 QB 394 (QB) A shopkeeper displayed a flick knife in his shop window with a ticket stating ‘Ejector knife—4 shillings’. He was charged with offering the knife for sale contrary to section 1(1) of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959. Held: A display of goods in a shop window
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Partridge v Crittenden [1968] 1 WLR 1204 (QB) The plaintiff had placed an advertisement in a periodical, which read ‘Bramblefinch cocks, Bramblefinch hens, 25 shillings each’. The plaintiff was charged with unlawfully offering for sale a wild live bird contrary to Section 6(1) of and Schedule 4 to the Protection of Birds Act 1954. Held:
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Gibson v Manchester City Council [1979] 1 WLR 294 (HL) The Manchester City Council adopted a policy of selling council houses to tenants. The respondent tenant applied on a printed form for details of the price and mortgage terms. The city treasurer wrote to the respondent that the Council: ‘may be prepared to sell the
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Yaa Antwi v NTHC Civil Appeal NO. J4/12/2008 Supreme Court of Ghana The plaintiff at one time worked for the defendant as head of its Legal Department. She received a letter from the defendant which content sought to give her the first opportunity to buy a house at $70,307, payment of which would be within
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