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Acceptance of offer by conduct
  • 30 Mar 2015

    TOPWIN & COMPANIES LTD v. PRISM TECHNOLOGY LTD

    Citation
    TOPWIN & COMPANIES LTD v. PRISM TECHNOLOGY LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA1930/2011

    The court held that Topwin's signing and return of the PS3 purchase orders amounted to acceptance of fixed shipment dates which, given the commercial context and target Christmas season, were of the essence; Topwin breached by late delivery and by failing to deliver the remaining PS3 units and Prism validly treated remaining orders as repudiated; Prism was entitled to damages for loss of profit (USD144,321.64) and additional airfreight (USD175,508.22) and Topwin's counterclaims were dismissed; no concluded contract existed for the Xbox headsets (Topwin did not accept the Xbox POs/SCs) and Pri…