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A contract is formed between two or more parties.
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A contract is formed between two or more parties. In order for a contract to be legally binding there must be offer and acceptance. This simple basis for a contract is not as clear cut as it first appears. In certain circumstances it is often necessary for the two parties to the contract to communicate via post or by other indirect means. This practise gives rise to the problem of whether an acceptance is given when it is posted or when it is received. There is also the issue of whether or not the person posting the acceptance wilfully intended there to be a delay in delivery. The use of electronic mail further ads to the complication as the courts must decide whether or not electronic mail can be classified as instantaneous communication. Firstly, let us examine the postal rule in order to analyse its possible applications to communication by...
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