Case/Judgment Analysis 1. Gibson v Manchester City Council- Court of Appeal Decision [1978] 1 WLR 520 House of Lords Decision [1979] 1 All ER 972 2. Storer v Manchester City Council [1974] 3 All ER 824 Read the cases above in detail and then: a. Summarise the facts Plaintiff was the tenant and occupier of the a council house owed by the defendant . Since 1968 he had been actively interested in by the house, in 1970 the corporation offered the house for sale by sending him a form and brochure . He returned the form and paid a £3 admin fee . Council changed hands and now the sale wouldn't be going through 'may be prepared to sell the house' . CofA - held there was a contract . HoL - no contract, only negotiations, letter was only an invitation to treat . In February 1971 the plaintiff S applied on the corporation's application form stating that he wished to purchase his house with the benefit of a mortgage. On March 9 the city treasurer replied that the corporation would lend S the whole purchase price repayable over 25 years. . On the same date the town clerk wrote a letter enclosing the "agreement for sale" and a list of solicitors, and stating "If you will sign the agreement and return it to me I will send you the agreement signed on behalf of the corporation in exchange." town clerk recommended March 22 or April 12 as alternative dates for completion of the sale b. State the judgmentfidecisions . Judge Bailey held that the contract for sale of the house by the corporation to the tenant was complete and ordered specific performance. . Lord Lane dissenting . Judge Bailey held that "the application form together with the letter of March 18, 1971, constituted a perfectly valid acceptance of the corporation's offer of February 10, 1971, to sell the house to the plaintiff at £2,180 ... the language amounted to an offer, which was accepted as such by the plaintiff" and that "it was proper case for specific performance." . Dismissed, did not get the house · documents a concluded agreement for the sale and purchase of the house from the moment when the tenant accepted the terms of the offer by completing and returning the "agreement for sale" and he was therefore entitled to specific performance of that contract by having the property conveyed to him. . The Court held that the form 'Agreement for Sale of a Council House', sent to Storer on March 9th by the Town Clerk, was a valid offer and Storer's return of the application on March 20th was valid acceptance of that offer. · Found in storers favour c. Identify any dissenting views Jeffery Lane at CofA There was no unconditional acceptance by the tenant of an offer by the corporation to sell the house; the tenant's letter of March 5, 1971, was a counter-offer and he had not established the necessary ingredients