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unilateral contract

Last modified: Thu Feb 23 16:37:38 2006

A unilateral contract is a contract (see: Contract where an offer is made not to a specific party, but to anybody. For example, if a breakfast cereal manufacturer offers to send, say, a mug free-of-charge to anyone who sends in three box-tops, then anyone who does so has entered into a unilateral contract. Such a contract, to be valid, must have the comply with the same particulars as any other contract, except that the acceptance of the offer may be by conduct, rather than by notification. The most famous precedent here is Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball (see: CarlillVCarbolicSmokeBallCo1893).

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