Adele's car broke down while she was out driving one Sunday afternoon. When it became clear...

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Adele's car broke down while she was out driving one Sundayafternoon. When it became clear that extensive mechanical repairswould be required, a friendly local farmer offered to tow thevehicle to his property and to store it in his machinery shedovernight. When Adele arrived with a tow truck the followingmorning, the car was missing. It had been stolen from theopen-sided shed by an unknown person (or persons) during the night.(a) Does Adele have any grounds upon which she could bring anaction against the farmer?
(b) Would your answer be different if:
(i) the car had been an extremely rmÂ·e and valuable vintage RollsRoyce;
(ii) the shed could have been locked but was not;
(iii) Adele had paid the farmer to secure her car overnight;
(iv) the car was still there but it had been extensively damaged bya fire caused by a lightning strike during the night;
(v) the car was still there but Adele's briefcase and lap-topcomputer which had been locked in the boot had been stolen.

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a No Adele does not have any grounds upon which she could bring an action against the former as there is no contract between the former and Adele about the safety of the car The Former offered him help without any consideration and Adele accept it without imposing any See Answer

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