Contract Law Assistance
Budget: £10 – £20 GBP
You are an apprentice Legal Executive at Taylor & Hughes, specialising in contract law. The work at the law firm ranges from employment contracts and complex multi-national shipping contracts to simple commercial contract disputes.
You have been tasked with drafting training materials which demonstrate advice to the individuals in the scenarios below, who have become involved in disputes. The senior partners have asked you to create this as part of the Continuous Professional Development Programme for the Legal Executives at the firm through the creation of a booklet for task 1 and information sheets and an informal report for task 2.
The clients are as follows:
1. Miss Billington decided she had too many possessions and wanted to sell some of these on an online marketplace. While browsing, she noticed a message on the marketplace, posted by Mr Kopacz, asking if anybody was selling a washing machine. She messaged Mr Kopacz privately, through a function on the website, stating “I am looking to sell my washing machine, and I would like £90 for it, do you want it?” Mr Kopacz messaged back asking whether she would consider selling it for £80. She replied “£80 is fine, come to collect it tomorrow at 9am”. She had also placed an advert for the washing machine on the website and Mr Macha messaged her to say he would pay £90 and would come to collect it immediately. Wishing to accept the higher offer, Miss Billington agreed and sold it to Mr Macha, who promptly collected it. At 8am the next day, Mr Kopacz messaged Miss Billington to check if he could still collect the washing machine at 9am. He was annoyed when she replied that she had sold it to someone else.
Miss Billington has a half-sister named Emma, who is a nail technician. Emma knew that Miss Billington was sorting through and selling her clothes and jewellery, so she asked her for her expensive necklace. In exchange for the necklace, Emma said she would give Miss Billington a free manicure within the next month. Miss Billington gave Emma the necklace, but Emma then refused to give her a manicure unless she paid in advance.
You have been tasked with drafting training materials which demonstrate advice to the individuals in the scenarios below, who have become involved in disputes. The senior partners have asked you to create this as part of the Continuous Professional Development Programme for the Legal Executives at the firm through the creation of a booklet for task 1 and information sheets and an informal report for task 2.
The clients are as follows:
1. Miss Billington decided she had too many possessions and wanted to sell some of these on an online marketplace. While browsing, she noticed a message on the marketplace, posted by Mr Kopacz, asking if anybody was selling a washing machine. She messaged Mr Kopacz privately, through a function on the website, stating “I am looking to sell my washing machine, and I would like £90 for it, do you want it?” Mr Kopacz messaged back asking whether she would consider selling it for £80. She replied “£80 is fine, come to collect it tomorrow at 9am”. She had also placed an advert for the washing machine on the website and Mr Macha messaged her to say he would pay £90 and would come to collect it immediately. Wishing to accept the higher offer, Miss Billington agreed and sold it to Mr Macha, who promptly collected it. At 8am the next day, Mr Kopacz messaged Miss Billington to check if he could still collect the washing machine at 9am. He was annoyed when she replied that she had sold it to someone else.
Miss Billington has a half-sister named Emma, who is a nail technician. Emma knew that Miss Billington was sorting through and selling her clothes and jewellery, so she asked her for her expensive necklace. In exchange for the necklace, Emma said she would give Miss Billington a free manicure within the next month. Miss Billington gave Emma the necklace, but Emma then refused to give her a manicure unless she paid in advance.