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Yes, that thought did occur to me - but not so apparently. See Da Man Clay's very helpful and definitive post #55. Mind you, that ruling was given while the tories were in power.................

Bl**dy hell - that's an eye-opener. Defined by case law in the 1950s, eh - what were they thinking of in academia in the 1970s?! - or maybe just as well I didn't do 2nd. and 3rd. years....... So I've been getting away with blue murder all these years by insisting on my 'right' to buy at the...

Yes, that certainly makes sense. I'm still fairly convinced that that wasn't always the case - be good if NSC can come up with a definitive answer for when, how and if the law changed.

Not really. If the label is printed out, for example, 'Tesbury's. Hobgoblin Ale 500ml. £11.50' that is not a mixed up label, or one that has been swapped (and there will be a bar code on it as well). If they want to charge me £2.50 at the till, that is a mistake by the employee who printed out...

It is to the detriment of the buyer. Mistakes can be made - and mistakes often cost you money. That's life. The second part of your post describes a criminal act, which isn't relevant here - and a store manager will pretty soon spot that (if they're any good).

Don't doubt you for a moment - just wonder when that was. My googling today has revealed to me that the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (which I think is what offer + acceptance = contract was based on in the early 70s) was replaced by the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 -...

Interesting. First year Law in the very early 1970s the teaching was very clear: OFFER + ACCEPTANCE = CONTRACT In other words, for example, if a shirt was priced at £7.99, that was the offer made by the shopkeeper; If the customer then went to the till and said, 'OK, I wish to purchase this...

If goods are offered for sale at a certain price, then the buyer has a right to buy them at that price. I found something in a local shop the other day incorrectly priced at £4.95 (it should have been £11.95). At the till it came up as £11.95 - but I pointed out that as they'd offered it for...