[Date]
PVL3702 Assignment 1
Semester 2 2024
(718515) - DUE 19
August 2024
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
, PVL3702 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2024 (718515) - DUE 19 August 2024
Jack is a property developer who is well known for building residential developments.
He recently built cluster homes in an upmarket suburb in Cape Town. All the cluster
homes are built with the same size and layout, and they only differ with the positioning
of each cluster in the complex. This development is brand new, and Jack is marketing
the development himself. Jack shows Gloria a beautiful cluster home in the complex,
which is next to the guardhouse at the entrance of the complex. Gloria immediately falls
in love with this cluster home and a few days later she as the purchaser signs the offer
to purchase document presented to her by Jack, who completed all the relevant details
on the document relating to the description of the property. The document is later also
signed by Jack as the seller. However, it subsequently turns out that the cluster home
referred to in the signed document is not the one that Gloria viewed and fell in love with.
The one she signed for and the one she viewed are different properties. In fact, the
cluster home she signed for is right at the back of the complex which she never viewed,
and which is not in the best position in the complex. Jack is of the view that a legally
binding contract was concluded with Gloria, in accordance with the written signed
document, for the cluster home described in the document. Gloria approaches you for
legal advice as she thought that she was signing for the cluster home that was next to
the guardhouse at the entrance of the complex. Apply the will theory and the direct
reliance theory and advise Gloria whether she concluded a legally binding contract with
Jack, based on the written document that they both signed, for the cluster home
PVL3702 Assignment 1
Semester 2 2024
(718515) - DUE 19
August 2024
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS
, PVL3702 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2024 (718515) - DUE 19 August 2024
Jack is a property developer who is well known for building residential developments.
He recently built cluster homes in an upmarket suburb in Cape Town. All the cluster
homes are built with the same size and layout, and they only differ with the positioning
of each cluster in the complex. This development is brand new, and Jack is marketing
the development himself. Jack shows Gloria a beautiful cluster home in the complex,
which is next to the guardhouse at the entrance of the complex. Gloria immediately falls
in love with this cluster home and a few days later she as the purchaser signs the offer
to purchase document presented to her by Jack, who completed all the relevant details
on the document relating to the description of the property. The document is later also
signed by Jack as the seller. However, it subsequently turns out that the cluster home
referred to in the signed document is not the one that Gloria viewed and fell in love with.
The one she signed for and the one she viewed are different properties. In fact, the
cluster home she signed for is right at the back of the complex which she never viewed,
and which is not in the best position in the complex. Jack is of the view that a legally
binding contract was concluded with Gloria, in accordance with the written signed
document, for the cluster home described in the document. Gloria approaches you for
legal advice as she thought that she was signing for the cluster home that was next to
the guardhouse at the entrance of the complex. Apply the will theory and the direct
reliance theory and advise Gloria whether she concluded a legally binding contract with
Jack, based on the written document that they both signed, for the cluster home
