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Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co

[1893] 1 QB 256
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtCourt of Appeal
Year1893
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A unilateral offer to the world is accepted by performance; an advertisement can be an offer where it evinces intention to be bound.

Area of Law

Contract and Commercial

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