Read the case ofCarlillv Carbolic Smoke Ball Company[1893] 1 QB 256.

1. Explain the facts of this case.
2. The three Lord Justices of Appeal all identified and explained their 'reason for the decision' they reached in this case. Identify and explain theratio decidendiof the case.
3. In this case Bowen LJ provided a legal answer to a set of facts which were not in issue in this case. This answer is called anobiter dictum. He did this because it assisted him in clarifying the answer to Mrs Carlill's case. Identify and explain Bowen LJ'sobiter dictum.