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FORMAT FOR ANSWERING A PROBLEM QUESTION:

IRAC RULE
I- IDENTIFY THE LEGAL ISSUE ?
II- RULES – EXPLAIN THE LEGAL ISSUES
III- A- APPLY THE LAW
IV- C- CONCLUSION

2018 ZA
1st March
. B -A “If you would like to buy my watch’ --- offer or an itt
.A- B “would like to inspect it ‘? ( statement of intention )
.B- A ( visits the shop and states “it is yours for 10,000’( offer )
.A- B “it’s a lot for me”( IF Counter offer or a further step in negotiations )
.B- A ‘offer open until 4thMarch ( Effect of the offer /lapse of offer )
2 March ---
A – B ( wanted to buy it for 8,000 which B rejected ) ( if counter offer )
A – B ( would buy for 10,000 , and would assume acceptance if no reply by
tomorrow ) – left message on the answering machine –( issues involved , offer ,
acceptance , communication of acceptance (instanataneous communication )
.B sold watch to C ( no legal issues arise , he was free to sell the watch to C

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