Contract Law Case Study: Offer, Acceptance, and Agreement Analysis

This case study examines a contract law scenario involving Curtis and Jeremy, focusing on the principles of offer and acceptance. Curtis, an orchard owner, receives a form from Jeremy, a juice cannery owner, outlining terms for orange delivery. A key issue is whether Jeremy's initial communication constitutes a firm offer or merely an 'invitation to treat.' The analysis delves into the email exchange between Curtis and Jeremy, considering whether a valid agreement was formed, especially given Jeremy's subsequent communication with Delicious Citrus Fruit Growers Pty Ltd. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of clear acceptance in contract law and determines that, based on the facts presented, no binding agreement was established between Curtis and Jeremy. Desklib offers similar solved assignments and past papers for students.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................3
Is there an agreement between Curtis and Jeremy?....................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Contract laws are those laws that deal with all kinds of important aspect which is required
in order to make an agreement turned into a valid agreement. These laws leads over making all
kinds of business transaction conducted in more effective manner. In this file main discussion is
based over offer and acceptance.
TASK
Case study: In this case Curtis owns orchard in its new regional NSW and has received
printed form dated 20th may which has been sent by Jermey and owns small local fruits juice
cannery. In the form section related to Description of Terms is been mentioned within which 100
cases holding over 500 Valencia oranges been delivered on first day of each month for 4 months
that is to be commenced from July 2021. Further the case term ‘purchase price’ Jeremy had
written ‘please advise.’ Also Curits has emailed Jeremey the next day and says ‘I accept your
offer of 20 May and price is $200 per case. Jeremy read email of 23rd May and replied that
oranges should be delivered twice a month(Austen-Baker, 2018). Half on first month and half on
15th of the month. Further Jeremy told that he will let Curtis known about this by end of month.
The on 25th May Jeremy gets letter from Delicious Citrus Fruit Growers Pty Ltd making an
offer to supply Jeremy cannery with oranges for $180 per case. On 28th May some discussion wit
Delicious Citrus upon phone and is been decided by Jeremy over accepting offer and emails
Curtis expressing regret to inform about not purchasing oranges. After reading the email Curtis
immediately call Jeremy saying that I was about to let you know about delivery of oranges twice
monthly over that he told that Jeremy promised to give couple of days and cannot change his
mind(McGann, 2018).
Is there an agreement between Curtis and Jeremy?
Since the facts of the case tells that offer has been made between parties but acceptance is
not shown in direct manner this gives rise over “invitation to treat”(Kozanecka, 2018). In this
only the offer is been presented but not accepted. Further in this offer is required to be
distinguished from an invitation to treat in a way that in offer binding contract is been formed wit
acceptance and invitation over treat cannot be considered as acceptance since it is merely and
invitation regarding offer. So, the applicability of this conditions provides justification that no
agreement has been formed between Curtis and Jeremy(Paramythiotis, 2021).

CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it can be concluded that contract laws are those set of rules
which makes agreement formed in more effective manner as per legislation formed regarding it.
The file discussed about invitation to treat which is mere invitation to offer but cannot be
considered as offer.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Austen-Baker, R., 2018. Harmonization and contract in a globalized world. In Essays in Memory
of Professor Jill Poole (pp. 50-65). Informa Law from Routledge.
Kozanecka, P., 2018. Chinese Legal Terminology in European and Asian Contexts Analysed on
the Example of Freedom of Contract Limits Related to State, Law and Publicity. Studies
in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 53(1).
McGann, J., 2018. Romantic Subjects and Iambic Laws: Episodes in the Early History of
Contract Negotiations. New Literary History, 49(4), pp.597-615.
Paramythiotis, Y., 2021. Fairness in Copyright Contract Law: Remuneration for Authors and
Performers Under the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive. In EU Internet
Law in the Digital Single Market (pp. 77-97). Springer, Cham