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! ! The!issue!is!to!discuss!whether!or!not!there!is!a!contract!between!Bert!and!Victoria.!! ! Rule:! ! A!contract!is!an!agreement!between!two!parties!with!legal!intention,!supported!by!consideration.! An!offer!is!a!is!a!proposal!to!enter!into!a!legally!binding!contract!upon!the!acceptance!from!the! offeree(s),!this!must!be!communicated.!An!offer!can!also!be!revoked!prior!to!the!acceptance!of!the! offer!if!it!is!communicated!to!the!offeree.!Communication!can!occur!through!a!third!party!this!is!in! relevance!to!the!case!of!Dickinson!v!Dodds!1876.! ! !Acceptance!is!an!unconditional!agreement!to!an!offer,!made!by!the!intended!offeree!prior!to! revocation.!Acceptance!must!be!communicated!to!the!offeror,!however,!if!the!offeror!implies!a! specific!method!of!acceptance,!other!forms!of!communication!is!ineffective.!! ! The!offer!can!prescribe!the!modes!of!acceptance!thus,!making!this!the!only!form!of!acceptance.!The! postal!acceptance!rule!explicitly!states!“acceptance!by!post!is!effective!at!the!time!the!letter!of! acceptance!is!properly!posted”,!Adams!v!!Lindsell!(1818).!The!postal!rule!does!not!apply!where!the! offeror!expressly!states!the!method!of!acceptance!cannot!be!by!post!as!seen!in!the!case!of!Holwell! Securities!v!Hughes!(1974).!! ! Application:! ! Bert!communicated!his!offer!to!Victoria!through!email,!in!which!he!outlined!he!will!not!be!in! Auckland!and!acceptance!must!be!communicated!to!his!mobile.!Victoria!has!not!validly!accepted! Bert’s!offer!to!purchase!the!motorbike!as!Bert!did!not!receive!the!acceptance!through!the!prescribed! mode!of!acceptance.!The!acceptance!was!also!not!communicated!prior!to!Bert’s!revocation.!! ! The!postal!rule!does!not!apply!in!this!case!as!he!said!you!can!only!reach!me!through!my!mobile.! Therefore!posting!her!acceptance!in!a!letter!is!ineffective!as!Bert!was!in!no!position!to!receive!the! letter.!Victoria!was!also!aware!!that!Bert!was!out!of!Auckland!making!the!action!of!posting!!the!letter! unreasonable.!! ! Bert’s!revocation!is!valid!as!revocation!of!an!offer!can!be!communicated!through!a!third!party.!The! communication!of!the!revocation!was!conducted!through!a!friend!prior!to!receiving!an!acceptance! to!his!offer.! ! In!conclusion!to!the!facts!previously!stated,!there!is!no!contract!between!Victoria!and!Bert!for!the! sale!and!purchase!of!the!motorbike!as!there!is!no!valid!acceptance!of!the!offer.!! !...