PVL3702-25-S1 Welcome Message Assessment 2
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Question 1
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Portia and Lucas are engaged and are living together. They want to purchase Jerome’s car. Jerome has never met Portia.
Jerome offers to sell his car to Lucas for R100 000. Lucas and Portia accept Jerome’s offer. Which statement is CORRECT?
1. The acceptance is valid, but Jerome can revoke his offer as he did not make an offer to Portia.
2. This is a very uncertain area of the law, and there is no case law in South Africa which deals with this type of issue.
3. The acceptance was unqualified, therefore the acceptance was valid.
4. A valid contract has been concluded, because Lucas is one of the parties that accepted the offer.
5. Even though the acceptance by Lucas was a conscious response to the offer, the acceptance was not valid.
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X makes a written offer to Y to purchase Y’s Rolex watch. X sends the written offer by post to Y. Y reads the offer on 13 May
and drafts an acceptance on 14 May. Y posts his written acceptance on 15 May to X. X receives the acceptance on 17 May
and reads it on 18 May. Based on these facts, which statement is CORRECT?
1. The expedition theory applies, and a valid contract was concluded between X and Y on 15 May.
2. The information theory applies, and a valid contract was concluded between X and Y on 18 May.
3. The reception theory applies, and a valid contract was concluded between X and Y on 18 May.
4. The declaration theory applies, and a valid contract was concluded between X and Y on 17 May.
5. A valid contract was concluded between X and Y on 14 May.
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QUIZ
Question 1
Not yet answered
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Portia and Lucas are engaged and are living together. They want to purchase Jerome’s car. Jerome has never met Portia.
Jerome offers to sell his car to Lucas for R100 000. Lucas and Portia accept Jerome’s offer. Which statement is CORRECT?
1. The acceptance is valid, but Jerome can revoke his offer as he did not make an offer to Portia.
2. This is a very uncertain area of the law, and there is no case law in South Africa which deals with this type of issue.
3. The acceptance was unqualified, therefore the acceptance was valid.
4. A valid contract has been concluded, because Lucas is one of the parties that accepted the offer.
5. Even though the acceptance by Lucas was a conscious response to the offer, the acceptance was not valid.
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Question 2
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X makes a written offer to Y to purchase Y’s Rolex watch. X sends the written offer by post to Y. Y reads the offer on 13 May
and drafts an acceptance on 14 May. Y posts his written acceptance on 15 May to X. X receives the acceptance on 17 May
and reads it on 18 May. Based on these facts, which statement is CORRECT?
1. The expedition theory applies, and a valid contract was concluded between X and Y on 15 May.
2. The information theory applies, and a valid contract was concluded between X and Y on 18 May.
3. The reception theory applies, and a valid contract was concluded between X and Y on 18 May.
4. The declaration theory applies, and a valid contract was concluded between X and Y on 17 May.
5. A valid contract was concluded between X and Y on 14 May.
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