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Bryn Pugh	BS: Half Price? (31)	RE: BS: Half Price?	22 Jan 10
Sorry, McGrath - under English Law, a price on an item is not an agreement to sell at that price, but an "invitation to treat". In the Case Fisher - v - Bell [1961] 1 QB 394, the display of a flick - knife ( US - Switch blade) in a shop window (such knives having recently been banned at this time) was held to be an invitation to treat, not an offer to sell. Hence no offence had been committed. The Law had to be amended so as to make display of such items an offence of strict liability. In one very old Case (the name of which escapes me) Counsel said to the Judge "If an item in a shop is labelled with a price, I have the right to demand that the shop-keeper sell the item to me at that price !" The Judge replied "No - he has the right to turn you out !".

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