"Where one party has by his words or conduct made ... a promise or assurance which was intended to affect the legal conditions between them and be acted on accordingly, then once the other party has ... acted on it, the one who gave the promise cannot afterwards be allowed to revert to the previous legal relations as if no such promise had been made."
Entores V Miles Far east limited Cooporation, 1957, Lord Denning
"If i shout an offer to a man across a river ... but i do not hear his reply (of acceptance) because it is drowned by an aircraft flying overhead ... there is not a contract at that moment. If he so wishes to make a contract, he must wait till the aircraft is gone and then shout back his acceptance so that i can hear what he says. Not till i have the answer am i bound."
2 comments:
LOL try harder!
I want to cry already.
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