When Is A Contract Formed Between A Bus Company And Passenger?

[poilkjmnb]

Concerning a bus contract: When is a contract formed between the bus company and the passenger? Is the opening of the bus doors considered and offer or invitation to treat?

Also, does the passenger offer the bus fare? Or is the bus fare an acceptance to the offer set out by the opening of the bus doors?

What determines that a contract is formed between the passenger and the bus company??

Please provide relevant case law and legislation where relevant.

[douglas9401]

Trammed if I know.

[drmorgans]

C'mon, what's your train of thought?

[wolf63]

poilkjmnb - what country do you live in?

[-SharonA-]

Once the ticket is bought, contract formed. Safe transportation to your destination.

[Peter Pedant]

this is a straightforward contract case
it is not a hard unknown conundrum

the point is that you review your invitation to treat cases
and also contract ( offer accept consideration (Mansfield) springs to mind)
and then write an essay
just get on with it
The idea of a law course is not to learn to search the internet to get people to write your essays

contract is made when you pay or flash the card in my opinion
for rather obvious reasons

does the passenger offer the fare - that is so you can say which way consideration flows

I mean honestly just write the essay

[Peter Pedant]

// poilkjmnb - what country do you live in?//
by and large irrelevant - contract is the same in virtually all common countries

[Jackdaw33]

The offer is offering the fare. When the driver/conductor takes it that is the acceptance and the contract is formed. Opening the bus doors is merely an invitation to treat. The leading case which distinguishes between the two is Fisher v Bell - 1958.

[Peter Pedant]

thanks jack daw - I will read it immediately

[Peter Pedant]

eek are you sure?

One Example of The Literal Rule was the Fisher v Bell case (1960). Under the offensive weapons act of 1959, it is an offence to offer certain offensive weapons for sale. ..

oo-er Mrs - bus ticket as a weapon of mass destruction

[Peter Pedant]

er yeah OK - two
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_v_Bell

[Peter Pedant]

no same case - wiki article not bad