After being charged with a serious crime, Anthony Lampleigh wrote to Tammy Braithwait, a lawyer, asking for assistance. After setting out the facts of the case and the precise nature of the allegations against him, Lampleigh asked in his letter to Braithwait, “Will you please help me avoid prosecution on these charges?” Braithwait wrote back in very simple terms, stating merely that she would “do everything possible to achieve the desired result.” Braithwait then used considerable ingenuity, and expended considerable time and expense, in persuading the government to drop the charges against Lampleigh. When Braithwait conveyed that news, Lampleigh gratefully said, “Thank you so much. For your efforts, I will prepare a cheque for $25 000 and have it delivered to your office tomorrow.” In fact, Lampleigh never sent any cheque to Braithwait. After the initial joy and relief wore off, Lampleigh felt far less thankful and he now refuses to pay anything at all. Braithwait insists that she is entitled to a contractual payment of $25 000, but Lampleigh argues that his promise of that amount was given in exchange for past consideration and therefore is not enforceable. How would a court resolve the parties’ dispute?