I Have A Contract From Virgin Media Which Says Read Carefully Before You Sign And Return To Ushave Not Signed And Still Have The Contract With Me At Home Can Virgin Force Me To Honour The Full Length Of The Contract Which Is 18 Months

[festive]

i want to cancel the contract now 13 months into the contract

[Old_Geezer]

It helps if the bulk of your question isn;t in the title.

I'm no legal eagle but I would suspect so. your not returning the signed contract will not stop the implied acceptance having used the service for 18 months. But I'm sure they would be willing to talk if they felt it in their interest to do so.

[craft1948]

In a word yes..............you have an implied contract as you have accepted their services for 13 months.

[lcg]

yes....you have accepted their terms and conditions by accepting, using and paying for their services. tough luck.

[FredPuli43]

Returning the signed contract is for the benefit of Virgin Media. It provides them with documentary proof that you have accepted their terms. But the contract was made when you accepted their offer, which you clearly have done because you have been using their service

So no, you can't cancel it .

[boxtops]

Yes, you are still bound by the contract, whether or not you actually return it. Have a look at the small print and see what they will charge you to finish five months early - it could be a lot.

[tonywiltshire]

Fred is correct. There have to be five elements in the formation of a legal contract, offer, acceptance, consideration, contractual intent and capacity. Presumably you are claiming it was not accepted because you did not sign and return the contract, the courts will not accept this, there are some contracts which must be in writing this is not one, you did accept the contract by using the Virgin product. You may find Household Insurance v Grant 1879, where a letter was lost in the post, of interest.