Mark agrees to change the seat cover of Mike’s car for a fee of €100 After Mark carries out this basic service: Legal Issues in Business Case Study Ireland

Assessment requirements:

Read the following case studies, and answer ALL of the questions at the end.
CASE STUDIES

A. Mark agrees to change the seat cover of Mike’s car for a fee of €100. After Mark carries out this basic service, he then proceeds to fit new alloy wheels to the car and installs a new sound system independent of any conversation with Mike. When Mike arrives and sees Mark’s work he is delighted and tells Mark that he would be happy to pay him a bonus. Later, Mike calls Mark to say that he was in face not prepared to pay for the additional work and products.

B. Carol is Mia’s childminder. She minds Mia’s house for 6 hours each week and is paid €60. Last week, Mia asked Carol if she would be willing to do some extra work as she is having a party on Saturday evening and needed to mind the baby for the evening. Carol was minding the baby for the evening while Mia was attending guests.

It took her an additional 4 hours. Mia was extremely pleased with Carol’s help and told her that there would be a bonus in pay next week. When Carol was paid at the end of the week, she was surprised to receive only €20, especially since she had worked 10 hours instead of her usual 6. Mia has now refused to pay her. She says that her promise of payment came after Carol has performed her duty.

1) What does the term “consideration” mean in the context of contract law?

(2) In case study A, does Mark have an enforceable contract with Mike for the work carried out?

(3) In case study B, does Carol have an enforceable contract with Mia for the work carried out?