Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:law
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gptkbp:advertisement |
£100 reward for using smoke ball and catching influenza
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gptkbp:citation |
[1893] 1 QB 256
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:England
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gptkbp:date |
1893
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gptkbp:defendant |
Carbolic Smoke Ball Company
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gptkbp:fullName |
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company Ltd
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co
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gptkbp:importantFor |
leading case in English contract law
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gptkbp:judge |
gptkb:Court_of_Appeal_of_England_and_Wales
A. L. Smith LJ Bowen LJ Lindley LJ |
gptkbp:jurisdiction |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:language |
English
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gptkbp:legalIssue |
contract formation
unilateral contract |
gptkbp:plaintiff |
Louisa Elizabeth Carlill
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gptkbp:plotSummary |
Established that an advertisement can constitute a unilateral offer to the world.
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gptkbp:predecessor |
unilateral contracts
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gptkbp:principle |
consideration
offer and acceptance intention to create legal relations |
gptkbp:result |
judgment for plaintiff
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gptkbp:subject |
Carbolic Smoke Ball product
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:English_contract_law
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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