Manchester Diocesan Council for Education v Commercial and General Investments Ltd 1 WLR 241, 3 All ER 1593 is a case in English contract law relating to agreement. The court held that the method of acceptance prescribed for a tender, if not expressed "in terms insisting that only acceptance in that mode shall be binding",Quoted in England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division), Friends Life Ltd v Siemens Hearing Instruments Ltd EWCA Civ 382 (03 April 2014), accessed 17 August 2023 was not mandatory, and if an offeror wishes it to be mandatory this needs to be made explicit.
This case shows a type of acceptance whereby the method of communication of acceptance is prescribed.Simon Salzedo, Peter Brunner, Michael Ottley (2005), Briefcase on Contract Law, p. 21.
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