Offer vs Invitation to Treat
Why adverts, shop displays and price lists usually aren't offers — and when they are (Carlill, Fisher v Bell, Boots).
Contract LawIntention to Create Legal Relations
The domestic and commercial presumptions, how they're rebutted, and the objective test.
Contract LawUndue Influence in Irish Contract Law
Actual vs presumed influence, the relationships that raise the presumption, and how it reaches bank guarantees.
Contract LawOffer and Acceptance
The objective test, valid acceptance and its communication, the silence rule, prescribed methods, and how offers terminate.
Contract LawThe Postal Rule
Acceptance complete on posting, when the rule does and doesn't apply, instantaneous communications, and the revocation timing trap.
Contract LawConsideration
The four rules of consideration, existing-duty problems and part-payment of a debt — with the leading Irish authorities.
Contract LawPromissory Estoppel
The equitable exception to consideration: High Trees, shield-not-sword, suspension of rights and the Irish position.
Contract LawExclusion Clauses & Unfair Terms
Incorporation, construction against the party relying on the clause, and the statutory controls on unfair terms.
Contract LawMisrepresentation
What counts as an actionable misstatement, the fraudulent/negligent/innocent categories, inducement and remedies.
Contract LawDischarge & Frustration
How a contract ends — performance, agreement, breach and frustration — with the frustration test and its limits.
Contract LawRemedies & Damages
The expectation and reliance measures, remoteness and mitigation, and when equity adds specific performance.
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