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PVL3702 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2026 (276320) - DUE 4 September 2026; 100% Correct solutions and explanations. PVL3702 ASSIGNMENT 01 QUESTION: 2026 (SEMESTER 2) UNIQUE NUMBER: 276320 Important Information Relating to the PVL3702 Assignments You must note that you will be required to submit two (2) assignments for the PVL3702 module. Each assignment will carry a 50% weighting towards your year mark. It is therefore in your best interests to submit both assignments timeously. You must submit Assignment 1 timeously by not later than 15H00 on 4 September 2026 in order to obtain exam admission for the PVL3702 examination. If you miss this deadline, you will not get exam admission for the PVL3702 module. It is therefore extremely important that you plan to make your submission at least a week before the due date. Do not leave it to the last minute to submit this assignment, as an emergency or unforeseen circumstance can arise and then you risk not getting exam admission if you do not submit your assignment timeously. Instructions and Assignment Question for Assignment 01 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ONLY HAVE 1 ATTEMPT TO SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT 1. THE ONUS IS ON YOU TO SUBMIT THE CORRECT ASSIGNMENT, AND TO SUBMIT AN ASSIGNMENT THAT IS COMPLETE AS YOU ONLY HAVE 1 ATTEMPT TO SUBMIT PVL3702 ASSIGNMENT 1. Serious adverse consequences can apply if a lawyer in practice serves the wrong document to the opposing party in the case, or even if an incomplete/incorrect document or pleading is served or filed in the court file. Therefore, ensure that you submit the CORRECT PVL3702 Assignment 1 as you have ONLY 1 attempt to do so. • Your submission of Assignment 01 must be done not later than 15H00 on 4 September 2026. The Unique Number for Assignment 01 is 276320. • This assignment must be submitted by all students who are registered for the PVL3702 module in the second semester of 2026. • Your answer must not exceed one typed page or two written pages, and you must comply with the requirements for assignments. Typed assignments must be in font type Arial and font size 12. Whether an assignment is written or typed, it must be submitted in Pdf format, as no other format will be accepted. • For this assignment, you must cover the whole of Learning Unit 1 (which comprises of 5 Lessons), and in Learning Unit 2, cover Lessons 1,2,and 3 only. • This assignment question is worth 10 marks (see the marking rubric). • See below is the checklist and criteria for the marking rubric Checklist Assessment criteria Yes No Did you read the cases you were instructed to read and identify the relevant sections in your prescribed textbook? Did you identify the legal problem involved? Did you identify and use the most appropriate legal sources and authorities to solve the problem? Did you analyse these sources and critically evaluate them in terms of the identified problem? Did you appropriately use the authorities to substantiate your arguments and to support your solution to the identified problem? Did you use language consistent with the conventions in the discipline of law? Did you understand the terms, rules, concepts, principles and theories related to the question? Was the advice you gave on an appropriate course of action in your answer responsible? In other words, did your setting out of the law and application thereof to the facts support the advice you gave? Did you act responsibly and ethically as a researcher and scholar, e.g. refer appropriately, acknowledge sources and avoid plagiarism? Did you keep to the length restriction? Marking rubric Evaluation criteria Not Achieved Partially achieved Achieved 1. Identifying the problem. 0 0.5 1 2. Discussing the relevant law applicable to the problem by referring to authorities, acknowledging sources and avoiding plagiarism. 0 0.5 - 3.5 4 3. Applying the law to the facts of the problem. 0 1 - 2.5 3 4. Giving appropriate advice. 0 0.5 1 5. Complying with the length restriction 0 0 1 • It is very important that you type a carefully formulated, grammatically correct answer. You must use your own words when you answer the assignment question. If you merely copy sections from the Learning Units or the textbook, this will constitute plagiarism. • THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST BE SUBMITTED ON myUnisa IN PDF FORMAT (and must NOT be in “read-only” format and it must not be password protected). IF YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS SUBMITTED (ON myUnisa) IN ANY OTHER FORMAT, IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. EMAILED SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. • For the first assignment, you are required to read two cases (which are referred to in the next paragraph). Together with the reading of these cases, you must identify and study all the relevant pages in the prescribed textbook to fully answer the assignment question. There could be relevant content in the textbook that is not prescribed for study purposes but may still be relevant for this assignment question. Note that finding and reading the cases is part of showing that you are able to conduct basic research, before you proceed to answer the question. When you read a case as part of your researching exercise, you must identify whether a case is relevant to the facts in the problem-type question, and if so, to what extent. As part of this exercise, you must also consider if a case is not relevant, and if the facts therein are distinguishable to the facts in the question that you are dealing with. There may also be aspects in a case that are relevant for this assignment and aspects that are not. • The cases that you must read for the first assignment are Command Protection Services (Gauteng) (Pty) Ltd t/a Maxi Security v South African Post Office Ltd 2013 (2) SA 133 (SCA) and Legator Mckenna Inc v Shea 2010 (1) SA 35 (SCA). You can find these judgments in conventional law libraries, online at the website of the Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) (), or as an eresource on the Unisa Library site. On the Unisa Library site click on “Find eresources”. Then click on “Subjects” and after that, scroll down the page and click on “Law”. Scroll down to and click on “Jutastat e-Publications (Juta Law Online)” or “LexisNexis (South African Law)”, to find the South African cases that you are looking for. Use any method that works for you to find these cases. • Importantly, once you find and read the cases mentioned in the previous paragraph, use these cases to identify some of the relevant section(s) in the prescribed textbook to answer the assignment question. Also study the relevant section(s) of the textbook, as the above two cases may not cover all the relevant legal issues for you to address. Use these cases that you read, and the relevant sections of the prescribed textbook to fully answer the assignment question set out below. • You are strictly prohibited from referring to any foreign law or

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, PVL3702 Assignment 1 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester
2 2026 (276320) - DUE 4 September 2026; 100% Correct
solutions and explanations.
OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE ANALYSIS: WHETHER A VALID
CONTRACT WAS CONCLUDED BETWEEN JACK, PETER AND
THEMBA

1. Introduction

A contract is formed when there is a legally binding agreement between parties.
In South African contract law, the general rule is that consensus between the
parties is required before a contract can come into existence. This consensus is
normally established through the process of offer and acceptance. An offer
constitutes a clear and definite expression by one party that they intend to be
bound if accepted, while acceptance requires an unconditional agreement to the
terms of the offer by the offeree.¹

The facts concern whether a valid contract arose between Jack, Peter and
Themba regarding the sale of Jack’s original painting of Table Mountain for
R600 000. The analysis requires consideration of whether Jack’s initial offer to
Peter remained open, whether Peter and Themba’s subsequent communication
amounted to acceptance or a new offer, and whether Jack’s delayed response
resulted in the conclusion of a contract.

The principles of offer and acceptance will be analysed with reference to the
decisions in Command Protection Services (Gauteng) (Pty) Ltd t/a Maxi
Security v South African Post Office Ltd and Legator McKenna Inc v Shea.



2. General Principles of Offer and Acceptance

An offer is a unilateral declaration by one party indicating a willingness to enter
into a contract on specified terms. For an offer to be legally effective, it must
contain sufficiently certain terms and must indicate that the offeror intends to be
bound upon acceptance.² The offer must be distinguished from preliminary
negotiations or an invitation to negotiate because only a true offer can be
accepted to create contractual liability.

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D. Hutchison, C. Pretorius The Law of Contract in South Africa
Publisher: september 2012 ISBN: 9780199055111 Edition: 1

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