Part A

Carlton is a keen amateur metal detector and has recently been metal detecting on Esme's land, with Esme's permission. While doing this, Carlton found a rotten leather pouch containing Roman coins. Carlton showed the coins to his friend Adi and described where he had made the find. That night Adi secretly went to the spot and found a Roman helmet and other artefacts when she dug down at the site of the coin find.

Carlton and Adi are both convinced that they are entitled to keep the items they found. What would you advise them?

Part B

Priya lives in 1 Wimpole Drive, which she rents from Rosie. Rosie owns the freehold estate in 1 Wimpole Drive.

One evening Priya finds that the dishwasher in the kitchen of 1 Wimpole Drive is leaking. Priya reports this to Rosie, who contacts a local plumber, Steph, who agrees to come to the property in the morning to look at the problem.

Steph arrives at 1 Wimpole Drive just as Priya is about to leave to go to work. Steph tells Priya that she will need to empty one of the kitchen cupboards to check the pipe that supplies water to the dishwasher and that she will need to remove the kick boards between the kitchen floor and the bottom of the kitchen cupboards to mop up any water that pools underneath the cupboards while she is carrying out the repairs.

Priya says that this is all fine and she leaves for work. Steph stays in 1 Wimpole Drive to fix the leak.

When Steph removes the kick boards, she finds a bundle of soggy rags. Steph then pulls the rags out from underneath the cupboards and finds that they are wrapped around a sealed plastic box. Steph puts the rags and the box, which she has left unopened, in the kitchen sink. She then fixes the leak and cleans up some water that has dripped under the kitchen cupboards while she was working.

Before leaving to attend her next job, Steph phones Rosie to tell her that she has fixed the leak. Steph mentions the rags and the box but Rosie says she does not know anything about them.

When Priya gets home at the end of the day, she sees the rags and the sealed plastic box. Priya has never seen them before but she realises that Steph must have found them while fixing the dishwasher. Priya puts the rags in the washing machine and opens the plastic box. Inside she finds a handwritten note and a lace bag. The note says, "Dearest Martha, A little something for you to remember me by! Much love, Mum". When Priya looks inside the lace bag she finds that it contains a diamond encrusted necklace.

Is Priya entitled to keep the necklace?

IRAC method to answer the problem question.