Your client has recently divorced from their wife and comes to you with questions about the validity of several verbal contracts that he entered in with his wife during their marriage. For example, they had entered into a verbal agreement that he would pay for the running costs of their car, while she would pay for home utilities.

Question:

• List and explain the elements of a valid contract. (5 points)
• Advise your client whether there was a valid contract between himself and his wife during their marriage that can be relied upon afterwards. (5 points)