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I have been asked to provide legal advice for Ron and Julie as to their contractual position regarding the events which took place during the evening of the phone call from Sally and the promotional event which took place the following day in the neighbouring town.

The area of law which this scenario concerns is the law of contract. With regards to contractual obligation, a contract is a voluntary choice/consent to create obligation from the other party.

To make the agreement enforceable it must be established whether it is an agreement or a contractual agreement. The minds of the two parties concerned must be consensus ad idem, which means they need to meet on the matters which are the subject of the agreement.

The first issue to be addressed is the establishment of a bi-lateral contract, this is where A is bound to do X and B is bound to do Y in return for the promise made by A. Contracts are looked upon objectively, in the hope that the case doesn't descend into chaos from trying to assess the case subjectively, when each side of the feuding parties believe their version of events are correct. Another