LAWS1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Timesdaily, Asthma, Australian Consumer Law
Document Summary
Neither advertisements nor display of goods in a shop are likely to be legal offers, instead they are called invitation to treat. Advertisement promised that product would positively cure" a long range of ailments: coughs, cold, asthma, influenza etc. It further promised a 100-pound reward to be paid by csbc to any person who contracts the epidemic after having used the ball 3 times daily for 2 weeks according to the printed directions supplied with the ball. Held: caught a flu, tried to claim the 100- pound reward. In determining whether there was an agreement, the court decided that the advertisement was an invitation to treat. Advertisement by carbolic was an offer to all the world. The wording of the advertisement showed a willingness on behalf of. Csbc to immediately enter into a contract with any person to whom it is directed and who accepted the offer of the reward ad the conditions for performance.
