Contract Law: The Case of Sally

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The paper reviews a contract case involving a young woman who has driven two of her co-workers to work for a number of months and who also drives her younger sibling to school each day. The paper outlines what aspects of traditional British and Canadian contract law are applicable and explores what obligations the driver has to each of the three individuals discussed above. The paper shows how oral contracts, while more difficult to enforce in a court of law, are nonetheless binding upon the parties involved and impose real terms and conditions that should be respected.

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""Sally" is a person who drives to work each day. In so doing, she also brings along with her two co-workers, Mary and George. When she first started giving Mary and George rides to work, she was informed by Mary that the latter would pay her a certain sum of money each month to go towards the cost of gas and towards vehicle maintenance; Mary also told Sally that she would need a month's notice if the latter could not take her to work as she had trouble securing an alternative means of transportation. For his part, George did not offer Sally any money at the start, but the end of the first month did inform Sally that he would give her a certain amount of money each month for the "inconvenience" of having to drop by his house early each morning. Incidentally, Jason is Sally's younger brother and he promises to keep the car clean and "mechanically sound" if she will provide a lift each day."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Agreement: Do the Parties Meet the Requirements of Agreement?" Chapter 3: Agreement. N.d. Oxford University Press. 11 Dec. 2006 <http://www.oup.com/uk/orc/bin/9780199268146/chapter03.pdf>
• "Beware the Reasonable Man." Part 2: Privity, Consent and the "Reasonable Man. 2004. Duhaime Law. 11 Dec. 2006 <http://www.duhaime.org/contract/ca-con2.aspx#beware>
• "Breach and Remedies." Part 8: Time Limits, Breach & Remedies. 2004. Duhaime Law. 11 Dec. 2006 <http://www.duhaime.org/contract/ca-con8.aspx#breach>
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