Essay On How The Study Of Law Changed My Perception Of An Event That Occurred

My friend Joan owned an antique store that specialized in rare ceramic dolls. She opened the business several years ago and had gained preference due to the massive awareness that she had created. She was growing old and needed help to handle the business which had grown to the point where she could not comfortably handle it. Last month she gladly told her family that she will retire in the next month and leave the business to Barrington her only son aged 15.
At the end of that month, true to her words, Joan retired. She gave the unsold stock to her daughter Mila so that she could auction it and keep proceeds. All family members blamed Joan and actually advised Barrington to take legal action against his mother. The plaintiff, Barrington, sued Joan.
I viewed the matter differently. Barrington could get the action and verdict taken by Joan reversed and cannot ask her to give him the unsold porcelain dolls instead of giving them to Mila for auction since he lacked capacity. According to the Contract Act, to enter into an enforceable agreement the parties should have the capacity and an agreement with a minor is a voidable agreement and cannot be enforced in a law court.
Being a minor, Barrington lacked the contractual capacity hence I comfortably concluded that there was no contract between him and his mother. Though Joan went against her own words by leaving the business to Mila, Barrington should not seek any legal action since he was bound to loose. The mother was still right as there was no any documented agreement that she will leave the business to Barrington. Being the rightful owner, she had the right to choose whom to leave it to.