Please use the IRAC format to answer the following questions to determine whether

a contract exists in each of these scenarios. Please refer to relevant legal principles

and case-law in answering each of the questions.

(a) Daniel places the following advertisement in the local newspaper:

"Lost puppy. Labrador. Black colour. Last seen Old Eastern Road. $100 reward if found."

Gary, who has not read the advertisement, finds the puppy and returns it to Daniel.

Subsequently Gary's sister sees the advertisement and shows it to Gary. Gary contacts

Daniel asking for the $100.00. Is he legally entitled to it?

(b) Vincent enters a supermarket looking for some dinner. He approaches the deli area and

picks up a hot chicken (from the Farmdale brand) resting in the warmer. He notices a price

sticker on it of $10. Vincent proceeds to the checkout and puts the chicken down on the

counter. At that moment, he hears a store announcement: "Lilydale chickens are going out

for $5.00 customers, that's right $5.00! " Vincent tells the checkout operator that he wants a

$5.00 Lilydale chicken and that he would put the Farmdale chicken he had back. The

checkout operator says: "No, you can't do that. You've brought it this far, you have to have

this one." At this point she has not swiped the bar code on the price tag. Advise Vincent as

to whether he is legally entitled to the $5 chicken.

c) Paul decided to renovate his garage. He engaged David to do the work at an agreed

price of $20,000.00 and completion date of 30 September. After the work had begun, Paul

discovered that his extended family would be visiting in July. He promised to pay David

another $3,000.00 if he could have the work completed by 10 July. David finished the work

by 10 July but Paul refuses to pay the extra $3,000.00. Advise David.

d) Trudy promised her daughter Veronica that she would pay for her tuition fees in a wellrenowned

art school in France. Trudy now believes that Veronica is not responsible

enough to live overseas on her own and refuses to pay for the fees. Can Veronica

enforce her mother's promise?