Use Australian Legislation to answer this please, thank you. Maria is a sixteen-year-old who has a significant learning disability. Until recently, she was living with her mother Ellen. One night Ellen and Maria got into a verbal fight and Ellen said “do you want to take this outside.” Maria took Ellen up on her offer and they stepped outside and had a fist fight. Both Maria and Ellen landed punches. Indeed, one punch hit Maria in the face. This infuriated Maria and she picked up a metal pole lying nearby and said, “If you weren’t my mother, I would kill you with this pole.” Maria promptly left Ellen’s residence and sought to rent a place of her own. She met Julian at a café and told him about the fight. Julian could obviously see Maria had a disability. Julian told Maria he had a place she could rent but it would cost $400 per week. All Julian had was a cockroach infested shed in his back yard which was completely unsuitable for anyone to live in. Asking no questions, Maria signed a 12-month lease with Julian. Maria also needed some transportation. She saw a sales brochure for a bike store owned by Monty. The brochure was advertising a red BMX bike for $50.00. When Maria went to the store, she noticed a big sign behind the counter which said, “All Sales Final – No Returns or Refunds.” Maria asked for the red BMX. Monty said that he had none left. Indeed, he said he only ever had one of those bikes. Instead, Monty convinced Maria to purchase a green BMX bike for $450. As soon as she pushed the bike out of the store, a bolt holding on the front wheel snapped. She went back into the store to complain but Monty just pointed to the sign. Monty also said, “Ordinarily I probably would have fixed that, but you can’t get those bolts anymore.” Maria then makes up with Ellen. Maria tells Ellen about the broken green BMX bike. Ellen enters a contract with Maria to sell her another bike which Ellen owns. Before finalizing the transaction, Maria says she doesn’t want the bike and is not going to pay for it. Ellen now wants to enforce the contract. Identify the legal issues and discuss how they apply to the text above.
Use Australian Legislation to answer this please, thank you.
Maria is a sixteen-year-old who has a significant learning disability. Until recently, she was living with her mother Ellen. One night Ellen and Maria got into a verbal fight and Ellen said “do you want to take this outside.” Maria took Ellen up on her offer and they stepped outside and had a fist fight. Both Maria and Ellen landed punches. Indeed, one punch hit Maria in the face. This infuriated Maria and she picked up a metal pole lying nearby and said, “If you weren’t my mother, I would kill you with this pole.”
Maria promptly left Ellen’s residence and sought to rent a place of her own. She met Julian at a café and told him about the fight. Julian could obviously see Maria had a disability. Julian told Maria he had a place she could rent but it would cost $400 per week. All Julian had was a cockroach infested shed in his back yard which was completely unsuitable for anyone to live in. Asking no questions, Maria signed a 12-month lease with Julian.
Maria also needed some transportation. She saw a sales brochure for a bike store owned by Monty. The brochure was advertising a red BMX bike for $50.00. When Maria went to the store, she noticed a big sign behind the counter which said, “All Sales Final – No Returns or Refunds.” Maria asked for the red BMX. Monty said that he had none left. Indeed, he said he only ever had one of those bikes. Instead, Monty convinced Maria to purchase a green BMX bike for $450. As soon as she pushed the bike out of the store, a bolt holding on the front wheel snapped. She went back into the store to complain but Monty just pointed to the sign. Monty also said, “Ordinarily I probably would have fixed that, but you can’t get those bolts anymore.”
Maria then makes up with Ellen. Maria tells Ellen about the broken green BMX bike. Ellen enters a contract with Maria to sell her another bike which Ellen owns. Before finalizing the transaction, Maria says she doesn’t want the bike and is not going to pay for it. Ellen now wants to enforce the contract.
Identify the legal issues and discuss how they apply to the text above.
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