Derrick And Carmelo's Case Summary

In the case of Derrick and Carmelo’s case, an agreement can only be legally enforceable if the two parties intend to be legally bound at the time the agreement is made, in the situation in which Derrick and Carmelo made that agreement. In this situation, a reasonable conclusion would regard the NBA agreement as intended to be binding

The two parties, Derrick and Carmelo have a family relationship, cousins, and the agreement took place via email. Viewing these facts, the court will rely on the presumption that in this situation Derrick and Carmelo did intend to be legally bound at the time the agreement was made. However, Derrick and Carmelo’s relationship is family, and since this was an agreement between family as stated “cousins” and also

Caremelo maybe able to argue that at the time they made the arrangement they all intended the agreement about the flight and accommodation to be confirmed be legally binding. Firstly, the agreement. Provided that the NBA agreement is a commercial rate, not a reduced rate for cousin. The agreement is also for a reasonable length of time, and money is required to be deposited at a certain time and date. Moreover, the introduction to the offer was presented through the phone, and there was no evidence that was provided. The confirmation of this was via email, and was written up to Derrick however not in formal language. This will back up Carmelo when he is asked for evidence and will be intended to be legally binding.

Also Derrick replied immediately to Carmelo’s email, replying with “fair enough and all goods” this statement states that Derrick agreed on Carmelo’s conditions. Carmelo only agreed on the premium travel and accommodation and paid for what was directly mentioned. Derrick should have gone over the tour documents before confirming with Carmelo and also much more earlier. Carmelo was expecting everything to go well and had been also promised that he will receive these outstanding travel and accommodation deals. This will back up Carmelo to provide that its legally