#17464 - Contract Law 101 Offer - Contract Law: Formation.

OFFER IN BOTH Pharmaceutical society of great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists Ministry for industry and commerce v Pim Brothers 'Offers' for sale are legal terms of art which the courts will attach significance to. They are invitations to treat Otherwise the picking up of an item would be the acceptance and there would be no paying Lord Goddard CJ 'he is willing to treat' Advertisements do not amount to offers. They are mere sales puffery Leonard v Pepsi co Ad on tv offering goods in return for pepsi points collected. Over 15 pepsi points the balance can be paid for 10c per point. Boy acquired 700,000 and claimed the fighter jet. Refused. Sued for specific performance. Courts said ad = invitation to treat However other factors were big in deciding whether it was an offer or not