... the agreement must not be illegal or contrary to the public policy. (a) In the first part of this assignment I will be looking at formation of contracts - offer and acceptance. I will advise Bobby of his legal liability regarding three cases of offers made to him and weather he is in breach of contract. The advertisement placed in the Barking advertiser newspaper by Bobby is an invitation to treat. The law distinguishes between an offer and an invitation to treat. An invitation to treat is where the one (offeree) is inviting the other (offeror) to make an offer for him/her to accept. In Bobby's case (offeree), the advert in the paper placed by him, is an invitation for the reader (offeror) to make an offer to buy his collection. It is then Bobby' decision as to weather he accepts or rejects the offers made to him. He is not making an offer ...

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