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Does the decision in Reveille Independent LLC v Anotech International UK Ltd, that a binding contract can be found even if one has not been signed, apply to business to consumer and employer to employee contracts too?

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A contract will only be capable of being enforced if it has been accepted. This acceptance must be a final and unqualified expression of Assent to the terms of an Offer, whether through signing a contract, words or conduct.

This means that the following will not generally be sufficient to constitute acceptance:

  1. •

    mere acknowledgement of receipt of the offer

  2. •

    assent to an offer, which contains two alternative proposals

  3. •

    a request for information in relation to the terms of the offer

Acceptance by conduct

The manner in which a person can accept a contractual offer are varied, but an example would be a supplier of goods accepting an offer to buy goods by supplying them to the place and in the quantity specified in the offer.

In order to establish

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Also known as the client or developer. The person for whom the works are undertaken under the contract'>building contract by the contractor. Sometimes, but not necessarily, the employer is the owner of the site.

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