Topic 2 Part 7 Macrobertson's Case

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Identifying when a contract has been formed in order to determine whether written conditions form part of the offer (and therefore the contract)

00:15 - MacRobertson v Commissioner of State Taxation (WA) (1975) 133 CLR 125

03:12 - MacRobertson v Commissioner of State Tax: Issue

03:18 - Airline (MacRobertson) Arguments

04:37 - Held: Ticket does not record terms of agreement, rather the terms of an offer subsequently accepted by conduct. The lack of any obligation imposed on the airline prevented the ticket from representing an enforceable agreement

07:20 - Distinguishing an offer from other conduct

07:29 - Why do we need to distinguish?

07:32 - Distinguishing an offer from other conduct

08:35 - Held: Ticket does not record terms of agreement, rather the terms of an offer subsequently accepted by conduct. The lack of any obligation imposed on the airline prevented the ticket from representing an enforceable agreement

Note - some questions were raised and I said I'd get back to the students. These are addressed in Episode 14 (Topic 2, Revisiting MacRobertsons Case)