Ms X, your client, while in her final year of her part time LLB studies and who lives in Johannesburg and works as a paralegal earning R50 000 per month, meets the love of her life, Mr Y. Mr Y is a successful Capetonian business man who is 10 years her senior. They fall madly in love and soon get engaged. Mr. Y asks Ms X to drop out of her studies and resign as a paralegal, promising her a life of such luxury and comfort that she will never need to work. Ms X drops out of her LLB studies, sells her flat, her car and all of her furniture and resigns with immediate effect from her paralegal job. She moves to Cape Town, leaving behind all her friends and family to be closer to Mr. Y. Mr Y puts Ms X up in a luxurious, furnished penthouse in Camps Bay , buys her a completely new wardrobe and provides her with monthly pocket money of R100 000. One night three months after Ms X gave up her life in Johannesburg and moved to Cape Town, Mr. Y arrives with another woman and tells Ms. X that their relationship is over. He is breaking the engagement as he has fallen in love with Ms Z and confirms that they have eloped. Mr Y tells Ms X to immediately leave the apartment and allows her to take nothing but the clothes she has on her back. Ms. X decides to institute a civil claim against Mr. Y and asks you to present her in court.

What are the Heads of Argument for your Client's (Ms X)?

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Answer Heads of Argument for Ms X Breach of Promise to Marry Mr Y made a clear promise to marry Ms X evidenced by their engagement Ms X relied on this ... View the full answer