1.Jim entered into a written contract with Bob (the owner) to purchase a house.It was agreed that Bob would make some alterations to the house before Jim completed the transaction and moved in.While these were being done, the Jim came by each day to inspect the work and made suggestions for improvement.This frustrated Bob and made it difficult for him to do his work.When the alterations were 75% complete, Bob finally had enough and walked off the job site.Bob refused to sell Jim the house. Jim sues Bob.

a) What legal remedies will Jim seek against Bob?

b) Who will win and why?

2.The Saudi Sweet Date Company Ltd.("SSD") hired the Quality Shipping Ltd. to transport two 25 ton containers of fresh dates from Vancouver to grateful students in Kamloops because, let's face it, our dates are terrible when compared to Saudi dates. SSD's transport manager watched the containers being loaded on the trucks, whose legal load limit was 20 tonnes (all parties knew this).On the road, during a storm, one truck flipped over and the load was damaged.SSD sued Quality Shipping to recover the amount of the damage.

a) On what legal basis do the plaintiffs (SSD) expect to win?

b) What defence will the defendants use?

c) Who will win?Why?

3.Tom was tired of running his business and was looking for a buyer so he could retire before the winter. Bill wanted to buy the business, but needed another month to raise the necessary finances. Tom said to Bill, "Look, for $5,000, I'll give you an option to purchase in 30 days, but if you're not ready to buy then for $50,000, I'm going to sell it to Dan." Bill paid Tom the $5,000. Thirty days later, Bill appeared at Tom's door with $45,000. Tom said, "Sorry, I'm going to sell it to Dan. I said the price was $50,000." Bill was confused, and sought legal advice. What advice would the lawyer provide to Bill?