When Mr. Huy left the office, the salesperson suddenly realized that he forgot to inform Mr. Huy some of the company's policies. Therefore, he immediately emailed Mr. Huy and stated in the email that "the seller will not be responsible for any damage or whatsoever caused by the equipment under both common law and statutory law". Mr. Huy's computer was affected by a virus and thus he did not check his emails. Five days after his first visit, Mr. Huy went back to the store to sign the contract. As an alcoholic person, he dropped by a supermarket and bought 10 bottles of beer. He finished all of these bottles while driving to Tien Dat Equipment's store. When Mr. Huy got to the store, he could not park his car properly and the salesperson had to drive the car into the car park for him. The salesperson kept asking "Are you alright?" but Mr. Huy did not respond. Mr. Huy then went to the office and signed a basic contract to buy the equipment from Tien Dat Equipment. The contract was prepared by Tien Dat Equipment and it mentioned the total price ($40,001), parties' names, and the fees for delivery and installation. The last footnote in the contract (i.e. footnote number 5) contained a statement which read as follows: "the seller will not be responsible for any damage or injuries caused by a misuse of the equipment". Mr. Huy signed the contract without reading any footnotes; and thus, he was not aware of the statement. Later that day, when Tien Dat Equipment delivered and installed the equipment at Anh Duong Stereo's new office, Mr. Huy noticed that the equipment was not the same as the equipment he had seen at the Tien Dat Equipment store. Mr. Huy took a small electronic recording device called a Dictaphone that he only used for business purposes out of his coat pocket and recorded the following message: "Remember to call the salesperson at Tien Dat Equipment and tell him that these microphones are a different model, these turntables are a different size, and these speakers are a different color". Mr. Huy put the Dictaphone back into his coat pocket and picked up one of the new microphones to see how it sounded. When he did so he received a serious electric shock. The shock caused Mr. Huy to pass out. He was taken to the hospital where he stayed for three days. His medical bills at the hospital were $6,000. The electric shock also destroyed his Dictaphone, for which he had paid $400. It tuned out that Tien Dat Equipment's microphones were not made by Sony Vietnam but by a Malaysian company, namely, Techtronic Industries. The microphones were also made out of metal rather than rubber and plastic.Mr. Huy wanted to return the microphones and required the store to compensate him for his loss, but the store denied its liability. Mr. Cong also refused to pay Mr. Huy the additional $500. The written agreement between Anh Duong Stereo and Phuong Dong Company stipulated that the length of the contract was one year. The rent was $1000 a month. However, it was agreed in the contract that Anh Duong Stereo did not have to pay that amount of rental money because Anh Duong Stereo had provided sounding equipment to Phuong Dong Company in five marketing events in January and February 2019 for which Phuong Dong Company had not paid the service fees yet. Phuong Dong Company wanted to get the office back (just after one month from the time Anh Duong Stereo moved in). Anh Duong Stereo refused to do so and argued that there was a binding contract between two companies. REQUIRED: Discuss all relevant issues in relation to who can reasonably sue whom for what under Common Law (not under the Australian Consumer Law), who can prevail, and why
