1. 'A unilateral offer cannot be withdrawn after the offeree has begun performance of the stipulated act.'

Discuss.

(b) Count Cristo is an art collector. His favourite painting, Ham's 'Peter Piper', is stolen. Count Cristo places an advertisement in the Times newspaper offering a reward of 50,000 to anyone who is able to locate the painting.

Advise Count Cristo in each of the following alternative circumstances:

i)Sherlock, a private investigator, is employed by Count Cristo's insurance company to recover the picture. Sherlock locates the picture and claims the reward.

ii) Donna, who does not read newspapers, finds the painting lying in a public park and sees Count Cristo's name and address behind it. She returns the picture to Count Cristo who thanks her profusely. She later finds out about the reward and is insisting that Count Cristo give her the reward.

iii)Lestrade, a police detective working on the theft, locates the picture and claims the reward.

Contract Law Coursework Guide

Identify and explain what are the characteristics of a Unilateral Offer as compared to a bilateral offer

Identify and explain the methods by which an offer can be revoked

Apply and discuss how the a Unilateral Offer can be withdrawn and what are the various problems that can arise

Apply the principles relating to when an offer is validly accepted.

Apply the relevant principles of consideration into the various factual circumstances.

Discuss the various possible conclusions to the factual circumstances

Suggested case authorities for discussion; non-exhaustive and in no particular order:

1. Byrne & Co v Leon Van Tienhoven & Co, 42 LT 371, [1874-80] All ER Rep Ext 1432

2. Routledge v Grant, (1828) 172 ER 415

3. Errington v Errington and Woods, [1952] 1 KB 290, [1952] 1 All ER 149, 158 EG 630

4. New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v AM Satterthwaite & Co Ltd , [1975] AC 154, [1974] 1 All ER 1015, [1974] 2 WLR 865

5. Pao On v Lau Yiu Long, [1980] AC 614, [1979] 3 All ER 65, [1979] 3 WLR 435

6. Gibbons v Proctor, (1891) 55 JP 616, 64 LT 594

7. R v William Clarke, Esq, (1744) 93 ER 1140

8. Glasbrook Bros Ltd v Glamorgan County Council, [1925] AC 270, [1924] All ER Rep 579, 132 LT 611

Textbooks cited for further reading:

o McKendricks, E Contract Law. (London: Palgrave, 2015) 11th edition

o Brownsword, R. Smith & Thomas: A casebook on contract. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2015 13th edition)

o Treitel, G.H and E. Peel the law of contract. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2015) 14th edition

o Poole, J. Casebook on Contract Law. (Oxford University Press, 2016 13th edition)

o Beatson, J., A. Burrows and J. Cartwright Anson's Law of Contract. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010) 30th Edition

o Beale, H.G., W.D. Bishop and and M.P. Furmston Contract - cases and materials. (London: Butterworths, 2007) 5th edition

o McKendrick, E. Contract Law - Texts cases and materials. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016) 7th Edition