Gibson v Manchester City Council [1979]

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How does the court determine offer. Mr. Gibson lost his case because he was not able to prove that the council made an offer.

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In Gibson v Manchester City Council [1979] the council advised through the mail that the "may" be willing to sell the house if he filled out and returned the enclosed form, which Gibson did. In the interim however the Council changed its policy and so thus turned down the offer made by Gibson. Held per Diplock J, because the correspondence from the Council included the term "may be prepared to sell" it did not rise to the level of an offer to be accepted or rejected.
This is in stark contrast to the slightly earlier, but very similar, case of Storer v Manchester City Council [1974], where a similar correspondence involving the potential sale of property was deemed to be a valid offer to be accepted of rejected, as it included the specific price. It is likely that the correspondence rose only to the level of a statement of intention.
The slight difference in the specificity of the communication led to a distinctly different outcome.

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