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PAGE PAGE 12 Business Law and Ethics 2014 Contract Law Cases HYPERLINK /lawglos_Ailsa_Craig_Fishing_Co_Ltd_v_Malvern_Fishing_Co_%281983%29.html Ailsa Craig Fishing Co Ltd v Malvern Fishing Co (1983) negligence by security firm excluded by limitation clause 被告提供安保服务，当原告的船停在港口时，因为被告的疏忽，原告的船沉没了，合同称被告not be liable for any amount exceeding ￡1,000 in any one claim或者not be liable for more than ￡10,000 in any twelve month period，法庭认为这个合同里的限制责任适用。 HYPERLINK /lawglos_Balfour_v_Balfour_%281919%29.html Balfour v Balfour (1919) domestic arrangements are presumed not to be contracts 一对夫妻住在不同的地方，丈夫每月给妻子寄30块钱，后来他停止给她钱，法院判丈夫无罪，这是个domestic arrangement, because the parties did not intend that they should be attended by legal consequences. At the time the agreement was made the court did not consider that the marriage had broken down. HYPERLINK /lawglos_Barry_v_Davies_%282000%29.html Barry v Davies (2000) In an auction without reserve, there is a unilateral offer to accept the highest bid D是个拍卖师，再一次without reserve的拍卖中拒绝了出价最高的B. Court held D和owner 没有contract, 但是D和B之间有一个collateral contract(附属协定)，而D的这个行为就是breach contract. HYPERLINK /lawglos_Blackpool_and_Fylde_Aero_Club_v_Blackpool_BC%281990%29.html Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club v Blackpool BC(1990) requests to tender are invitations to treat D招标管理航班，标书不能迟noon on 17 March 1983，原告post了标书at 11am on 17 March 1983,本来信会被collected在noon,结果没有。D没有考虑原告的标书，觉得他迟交了。 HYPERLINK /lawglos_Butler_Machine_Tool_Co_v_Ex-Cell-O_Corporation_%281979%29.html Butler Machine Tool Co v Ex-Cell-O Corporation (1979) battle of the forms: a counter-offer with standard terms is not an acceptance Seller的contract里写了一个条款，Buyer给Seller了一个offer，这里没有那个条款，Seller签署了并给了Buyer. Court held Seller接受了 offer, buyer got the last shot.如果双方都有一个well-drafted standard terms,很有可能最后就判no contact exists. HYPERLINK /lawglos_Byrne_v_Van_Tienhoven_%281880%29.html Byrne v Van Tienhoven (1880) offer cannot be withdrawn after it has been accepted; postal acceptance occurs on posting 1号时，