Legal advice to Workwell limited
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IB 1100 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS LAW SECOND ASSESSMENT 2003-2004 Student No. 0229850 Word Count: 1286 LEGAL ADVICE TO WORKWELL LIMITED Any attempt made to seek legal redress requires that a contract be made. For a contract to exist there must be an offer that must be accepted, with both parties providing consideration (contribution) with an intention to create legal relations. Both parties must have the capacity to create a contract, and the purpose of the contract must be valid and legal. Workwell Limited v Highroad plc The important point to note here is that it is a tendering process, which does not constitute an offer. Highroad's invitation of tenders is merely an invitation to treat, because it does not show intention to contract immediately, but to seek an offer from the other party. Tenders are treated similarly to goods on display in shops, as invitations to treat, exemplified by the case of Fisher v. Bell [1961] 1 Q.B. 3941....

