Contract is a lawfully attaching agreement that involves two or more parties. It isessential to monetary transactions. Common law and statue are crucial sources of contractlaw.A contract can be made by a person when the age reaches 18. Countries thatimplemented the English law are Australian, Singapore and UK. Minors are those age under18 years old. Necessaries such as meals, transportation can only be applicable to be made intocontracts by the minors.1.Introduction The plaintiffs of this case are Bernard, Charleen, Damien and the defendant of thiscase is Alan. The parties of this case; Bernard and Damien are infuriated as the two of thembelieves that Alan has breached a contract. However, it depends on whether a contract isformed. 1.1. IssuesContracts are made when the four elements are present to be lawful bind. Legalcapacity refers to appropriate age and also mental issues are requirements for the partiesinvolved. Agreement that includes offer and acceptance. Consideration which is involvesexchanging of advantages or things that are valuable to one of the parties. The fourth point iswhether is there a motive to enter into legitimate affiliation, this means that the parties musthave motive to start a lawfully tying deal.1.2. Rules According to case law Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co(1893), £100 will becompensated to any customer who personally bought, used it after reading instructionsgiven and contracted a flu after using the smoke ball. Mrs Carlill bought, used the smokeball according the instructions given. However, Mrs Carlill contracted the flu leading toMrs Carlill claiming the compensation from the company. Instead of compensating Mrs
Carlill, the company came up with excuses. Fortunately, the court ruled that Mrs Carlill isable to get the compensation as advertisement became an offer of unilateral offer and MrsCarlill had accepted the offer by following accordingly to what the conditions had stated. 1.3. ApplicationThis had shown that Alan’s offer is unilateral as Alan had stated in his Facebookwall that he is selling the book to friends who are going to register or registered to studyin Kaplan. This proves that the offer made are with clear motives with no negotiations.1.4. ConclusionAlan is bound legally to anyone who had accept the offer made by Alan andpurchase the book before 5 November 2015 with cash of $200.00 given. 2.Introduction (Bernard v Alan)There is no motive to establish legitimate relations. The two parties did not meetthe requirement of “agreement”. Bernard did not clarify with Alan if the offer is still upand assumed that the offer is still open. 2.1. Issues The term “Agreement” is made up of offer and acceptance. To accept the offer,someone has to make that offer. Acceptance have to match the offer made in the firstplace to form an agreement. The plaintiff had destroyed the agreement as Bernard tried tobargain the price of the textbook with the defendant. Offer is a term used in law as it