Boris Ivanovich, aged 17, was accepted as a student at the Cabbage Town School of Welding. Tuition was $3,000 for the term. Because Ivanovich had limited funds, the school agreed to let him pay $200 at the commencement of the term, with the balance to be paid on completion of the course. At the end of the term, Ivanovich refused to pay the balance of the tuition and requested the return of his $200 because he was a minor.

a) Would the Cabbage Town School of Welding be successful if it sued Ivanovich for the balance of the tuition owing?

b) Would your answer be any different if Ivanovich could produce evidence that two other welding schools in the same city have an average tuition fee of $2,200?

c) If the manuals and textbooks for the welding course had cost $300, and the same books were used by the other welding school, would Ivanovich be requested to pay that amount over and above the tuition? d) If instead of the Cabbage Town School of Welding, Ivanovich had attended the Northern School of Origami (Japanese Paper Folding), would the school be successful in string for the balance of his tuition?