6. Saint Mary's Art Gallery advertised a sale of art works on their website. Anyone wanting to buy something was instructed to email the gallery director at g..r@smu.ca . Ping emailed the gallery director saying she wanted to buy a particular painting of the McNally Building. The gallery director emailed her back telling her she could pick up and pay for the painting the next day. When Ping went to the gallery the next day the gallery director told her they had sold the painting to someone else.

But Ping thinks she has a contract. Does she? Why/why not?

7.Suppose you e-mailed an offer to sell your car to a friend. Now you want to revoke your offer. Would it be sufficient to simply leave a message on their voice mail?

8.Blanktown University wrote Ping a letter promising that if she got more than 75 on the CMLW 2201 midterm she would be awarded a scholarship of $1,000. Ping got 80 on the midterm, but she also had a huge fight with the president of Blanktown who refused to award her any scholarship money. The president said there was no contract because there is no consideration. Is the president correct? Why or why not?

9.Cases such as Rudder v Microsoft, other cases concerned with forming contracts where the communication between parties is instantaneous, and the Nova Scotia Electronic Commerce Act illustrate that judging whether or not someone has accepted an offer can be problematic when using electronic means of communication.

But such problems can be avoided. Explain one way the person making the offer can avoid such problems.

10.Abra recently passed her yoga instructor course. She successfully applied for a full-time job teaching yoga at Sun Yoga Studio on Inglis Street and signed an employment contract. One clause in the contract stated: "Abra will not open her own yoga studio within 1.0 kilometer of Sun Yoga Studio for two years after she stops working at Sun Yoga Studio."

After one year of working at Sun Yoga Studio Abra quit and opened her own yoga studio nearby on South Street. Her new studio was only 0.5 kilometers away from Sun Yoga Studio. Many of Abra's students at Sun Yoga Studio decided to take lessons at Abra's new studio. Sun Yoga Studio calculated they were losing $2,000 per week because of Abra.

Sun Yoga Studio claimed Abra breached the contract they had with Abra.

What remedy is a judge more likely to award to Sun Yoga Studio? Why?