1. AGREEMENTS IN OUR SOCIETY Many agreements are enforceable by law; mere social agreements are not. Some agreements must be in writing or comply with other formal requirements The law usually allows parties to an agreement to decide the terms of their agreement Courts give assistance to resolve disputes between parties to an agreement Courts may not recognise or enforce certain agreements due to fraud, illegality, misrepresentation, lack of capacity or unconscionable conduct Parties to an agreement may be entitled to use alternative dispute resolution processes

2. AGREEMENTS IN OUR SOCIETY Legally binding agreements and called CONTRACTS Written Agreements oral / verbal contacts Implied by conduct Unilateral It is not the function of our courts to become involved with purely social arrangements. Legally binding agreements are called CONTRACTS The sale of land/shares Deeds Sale of a car over the phone A coke machine transaction

3. AGREEMENTS IN OUR SOCIETY Would the following agreements be classed as legally binding or social arrangements? 1. Hiring a video from Video Ezy 2. Paying to enter the Southside Pool 3. Buying a pie from the tuckshop 4. Buying encyclopaedia from a door-to-door seller 5. Babysitting for a family friend in exchange for $30 6. Buying a car from a family friend 7. Buying a Powderfinger concert ticket 8. Setting up an internet account with Bigpond 9. Driving a friend to work because their car has broken down 10. Going halves in a Gold Lotto ticket with a friend 11. Paying for a haircut 12. Buying fish and chips

4. 13. Buying antique furniture from an auction 14. Offering a reward in the newspaper for the return a lost dog 15. Agreeing to swap an item of clothing with a friend 16. Getting a mobile phone through Optus 17. Paying someone to do your homework 18. Selling a brand new Porsche for $1 19. Picking mangoes for a commercial grower for $5 per hour 20. Your parent/carer agrees in writing to pay you $5000 when you reach 21 if you finish your uni degree 21. Paying for a ticket to watch the NRL grand final in Sydney 22. Purchasing an airline ticket over the internet AGREEMENTS IN OUR SOCIETY Continued...

5. AGREEMENTS IN OUR SOCIETY CASE 1 Harry and sally are friends who live in the same house. They have an understanding that if either of them buys a winning lottery ticket, they will share the money between them. One day Sally buys a ticket and wins $100,000.00 in prize money. Sally insists that since she bought the ticket, the prize money belongs to her and she doesn’t have to share. Is Sally right?

6. AGREEMENTS IN OUR SOCIETY CASE 2 Jane is on her morning power walk when she sees a Maltese terrier trying to cross the road. Jane picks up the dog and after knocking on several doors in an attempt to find its owner, she brings it to the local vet. The vet shows Jane an advertisement that is pinned onto the notice board in his surgery, which is also located in the local newspaper: $300 reward offered for the return of a lost white Maltese terrier pup calls Bonzo. The address is 55 Dunromin Street, Wetland. Bonzo is in perfect condition and health. Jane takes the dog to 55 Dunromin Street, Wetland. The owner is happy to have Bonzo back but refuses to give Jane the reward money. He claims that the scratches on Bonzo’s legs indicate that he has not been returned in perfect condition, hence Jane is not entitled to the reward money. Is Jane entitled to the reward money?