Mary offers her BMW for sale to Ben. She says: "Ben, I offer you to buy my blue BMW

registration number 'DW007' for $100,000. It is a wonderful car and the latest of its kind.

It is only 6 months old."

Ben takes Mary's car for a test drive and goes to Tony, a Car Dealer and Tony advises Ben that

the BMW is indeed the latest model and he is getting a great deal. Ben does not know that Tony

is Mary's cousin who happens to know that Mary really wants to sell her car. Upon Tony's

advise Ben purchases the car from Mary for $100,000. After a week when Ben takes the car to

Disneyworld Automotives for servicing, he is asked to buy some parts. At the spare parts shop he

realizes that the BMW, which he has bought is not the latest model, and that there are 3 later

versions already in the market. He then goes back to Disneyworld Automotives with the parts,

and discovers that the car is more than two years old. Ben decides to confront Mary and when he

turns up at Mary's house, he overhears Tony and Mary's conversation as to how they fooled Ben

and sold a BMW worth $50,000 for $100,000. Ben decides to sue Mary

a. From the above identify statements which constitutes

Offer

Acceptance

Invitation to treat

Counter offer

Support answers with cases.

b. Did the parties provide genuine consent