Because of the rapid growth in the local holiday industry, Martin decides to set up a business that hires out pleasure boats and takes tourists for cruises in Batemans. He also likes to tinker with old boats and restore them, and also sells boats to people wanting to own.their own vessel.

1. Martin has leased a boat yard from Peter for $ 10 000 per month since January 2017. The lease requires that the rent is to be paid to every six months and that it will increase every year by 10%.Martin pays Peter $ 60 000 in June 2017 and in December 2017, but then tells Peter that he is having financial difficulties and needs every dollar he can to buy equipment.Peter says "OK, I will let you off paying the 10% increase this year".Martin pleased with this and uses the money he would have had to spend on the rent increase to buy new tools.In June 2018, Martin pays $ 60 000 to Peter, but Peter contacts him demanding an additional $ 6000. When Martin refers to their earlier conversation, Peter says "Whatever I said, the lease you signed specifies that the rent will go up by 10%.each year ".

2. One of Martin's restoration projects is of a speed boat which he wants to be able to use to into rougher waters.The boat needs a new steering mechanism.Martin phones Marine Supplies and speaks to the owner, Susan, and says "I need a steering system which can cope with heavy seas. Susan looks up the information about steering systems provided by a particular manufacturer and says, The Nautilus 500 is certainly capable ofbeing used in rough seas. "Martin agrees to have Susan fit a Nautilus 500 system to the boat.The system costs $ 10 000.He picks up the boat and takes it for a test run into open water.A heavy wave hits the boat and snaps the steering linkage, which causes $ 5 000 worth of damage to the boat's hull.It turns out that when Susan gave Martin the information the phone, she had been looking at the wrong page of the website.Had she looked at the correct page, she would have seen that the Nautilus 500 is not suitable for heavy seas.

3. Sarah sees that Martin has a Sea Challenger 250 boat for sale on his website, priced at $ 200 000. Sarah sends Martin email saying, "I offer to buy the Sea Challenger 250 for

$ 180 000." Martin sends an email backsaying that is not enough, but to you for $ 190 000. "Sarah sends an email back saying" No, I can't pay that ". Martin then sends her an email saying" OK, I accept your original offer of 180000 ", but when he tows the boat to Sarah's house, she refuses to accept it or to pay the money

4. Ted looks after his boat yard.A friend of Ted's is about to visit town and he wants to take her out on the harbor.Ted goes to Martin and says, "Can I hire one of your boats? K Martin says" The usual price is $ 500 per day, but because you looked after my boat yard in August, you can hire it at no cost.You can pick it up on Monday ". Ted is very pleased and readily agrees, but when he comes to the boat, Martin says he has hired it out to a customer. Ted says Martin has breached their agreement. Advise Martin of his legal positionin relation to each of these four scenarios. You should assume that all facts given would be.