Sue Smasher: A Tennis player and Her Contract issue

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Q. Sue Smasher was a promising young tennis player. In July 1991, when she was 16, she entered into the separate agreements, both of which were to run until July 1993. No. 1, with Lew Lobb, a noted tennis coach whereby he undertook to organize her training and decide which tournaments she should play in. In return, Sue agreed to act on Lew’s advice and pay him 20% of her winnings from tournaments. No. 2, with Drive Power Ltd, whereby Sue promised to use their sports equipment in return for Drive Power paying all her travel expenses.
In July 1992, she disobeyed Lew’s instruction to play in the Tournament of the Century in USA where the total prize money was £1.5mil, and returned to England to defend her title at the EastMouth Championships, where the total prize money was only £20,000. Because these championships would receive far less publicity than the Tournament of the Century, Drive Power refused to pay her airfare from USA. Sue therefore decided not to use their racquets anymore and ordered ten diamond racquets from Hit Firm plc. These racquets had a genuine diamond fixed into the handle and cost £1000 each. After five racquets had been delivered but before any had been paid for, Sue decided to get married and retire from professional tennis. What is the position as to the enforceability of Sue’s contracts with Lew Lobb, Drive Power and Hit Firm plc.

A. In Sue’s contract with Lew ...

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