Amanda was to be sent abroad to work for 2 years, therefore agrees to lease out her apartment block to her colleague Brenda for $50 per week for the entire 2 years she is away. A lease was drawn up and before signing Amanda tells Brenda that while she is quite sure of going abroad there may be last minute change of plans in which case the lease is to have no effect. Brenda agrees. And the lease signed makes no mention of this fact. It later happened that Amanda is not sent abroad. Brenda demands that she be given possession of the apartment block, while Amanda denies that is, she is obliged to do so. Discuss this problem

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  1. Amanda was to be sent abroad to work for 2 years, therefore agrees to lease out her apartment block to her colleague Brenda for $50 per week for the entire 2 years she is away.

A lease was drawn up and before signing Amanda tells Brenda that while she is quite sure of going abroad there may be last minute change of plans in which case the lease is to have no effect. Brenda agrees. And the lease signed makes no mention of this fact.

It later happened that Amanda is not sent abroad. Brenda demands that she be given possession of the apartment block, while Amanda denies that is, she is obliged to do so.

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