1) Briefly distinguish between civil law and criminal law.

2) James told his friend and fellow lecturer Rob that he'll buy him a beer when the last trimester ended. That never happened. Using your understanding of contract law, explain if Rob can take legal action against James for "breach of contract"?

3) Philip Teo offered to sell Winston Chan his DVD collection for $1,000. Winston said it was very expensive, and asked if Philip will accept $800. Philip politely declined. Later in the day, Winston called Philip and told him that he would accept his (Philip's) offer of the DVD collection at $1,000. Philip told Winston that he already sold off the collection. Winston is upset and wants to commence action against Philip for "breach of contract". Explain to Winston if he can do this.

4) Martha's employment contract contained an illegal term, i.e. that in the event of her resignation, she needed to pay the company six months of her last drawn salary for "administrative purposes". Martha has been told that this is illegal. Suggest how Martha could go about removing this term.

5) Lawyer Jim Peters decided to write a book on Singapore laws for businessmen in China intending to do business in Singapore. Since the book needed to be in Chinese, he contracted with Sally Teo to be his translator. He agreed to pay Sally a total of $30,000 for this two-month project. After a month into the project, Jim Peters contracted Covid-19 (the Delta variant) and died. The project was not completed. Explain to Sally if she would still be paid under these circumstances, and if so, at what proportion.