Please provide your response to the following Online Tutorial discussion scenario. Do support your answers with relevant authorities.

Questions 1

Eric has two children, Frederick and Georgia. Frederick wants to buy a house at Eton Beach, but can only afford one third of the purchase price. Georgia says, 'I can help you out with another third, that's what families are for'. Eric provides the remaining third to allow Frederick to buy the house, title to which is in his name. Eric gets sick and needs urgent cash to go overseas for treatment, while Georgia has decided she now wishes to buy her own house. She asks Frederick to pay her back. Frederick insists that their contributions were gifts, and he has no obligation to return the monies. Does he have to do so?(Support your answers with relevant authorities)

Question 2

Alex, a bus driver in Port Vila, was involved in a serious accident on the outskirts of the town in July, 2019. As he lay in his hospital bed, thinking that he was going to die, he told his son, Brian, that the bus was now his, handing him the keys. In his will, he left everything to his brother Charles. He died a week later.

(a) Who owns the bus?

(b) Would it make any difference in question (a), if Alex changed his mind the following day, and decided to give the bus to his wife, Daisy, who wants to claim best title to the bus?

(support your answer with relevant authorities)

Question 3

Henry was a budding musician from Honiara, writing reggae songs. His most recent creation 'Jammin' became an international hit sensation. He offered to make a gift of the original score to his former guitar teacher, Karla, as a token of gratitude. He said that he wasn't sure where it was but as soon as he located it he'd send it on to her. In the meantime, he sent an autographed copy of the score, saying the original would appear later. He died in a car crash last week, and in his will, he has left everything to his wife Lara. While looking through his studio, she found the original score under his desk. The score should sell for many thousands of US dollars. Who owns it? (support your answers with relevant authorities)