1. Mr. X, a junior executive serving in HR section of a multinational company of repute, got married and accordingly have arranged a reception dinner in a posh hotel (the La Meridien) to celebrate. Accordingly, he invited the top notched management (15 individuals only) in writing by sending formal invitation card (with a request to regret if chooses not to attend/a RSVP with a cell number).

On the day of reception only 5 invited were present and others neither comply with the above written invitation nor bothered to respond the RSVP to inform that they were unable to attend, which amounts to a financial loss of Tk. 75,000/- (Tk 7500/- per plate) for which Mr. X is eager to have compensation and damage to redress his loss (Since he had to pay for ordered plates) and prefer to sue them (the invited persons) for breach of an written contract.

Mr. X seeks your advice, advise him.

2. Can you enforce a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in a Court of Law, if one of the parties in the MoU failed to abide by the prescribed requirements of the deed of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)?

3. Can there be a general offer to the public at large (open to all)?

4. What happens if an offer is not accepted within the prescribed time (set by the offerer)?

or,

If the offerer did not prescribe a time period within which the offer is required to be accepted, how long the same will remain open for acceptance.

5. If an acceptance letter somehow gets lost while being in transmission process (either in postal department or in email services) or never reached to the offerer at all, will there be a binding contract?