Answer the following questions?

Contract Law: Case Study Unit 5

John and Julie got engaged on Dec 18, 2017. They signed a contract will Royalton Banquet Hall shortly afterwards to organize their wedding. The date for the wedding and reception was supposed to be October 30th, 2018, several months after the date they signed the contract. They paid a deposit of $10,000. In May 2018 John experienced serious health problems. He was unable to work while recovering from health issues and his doctor advised him to postpone the wedding. On June 1st, 2018 John and Julie asked Royalton Banquet Hall if they could postpone the wedding date because of John's sickness. The couple offered to rebook the wedding reception and also offered to add one extra event to the booking a (Bridal Shower). This additional booking would provide the Banquet Hall with an additional $8,000 over the original cost.

Royalton Banquet hall refused to accept this new proposal and kept the $10,000 deposit and sued the couple for half of the full cost of the postponed wedding.

Answer the following questions:

1. Was there evidence that the Banquet Hall was being unreasonable? Why or Why not?

2. What recourse does the couple have to the lawsuit considering they made a change to the initial contract, but offered solutions to the potential problem?

3. What do you think will happen when it gets to court?

4. If you were the judge, how would you rule in this case?