Beverly has decided to drop out of university and travel for a year. When she returns...

 

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Beverly has decided to drop out of university and travel for a year. When she returns from her travels, Beverly intends to finish her degree. Since she wants to keep her personal belongings but not pay the exorbitant rents in Vancouver, she decided to put her things in storage with Self-Serve Storage Ltd. ("Self-Serve"), a Vancouver company, and give up her apartment. The contract that Beverly and Self-Serve entered into was very straight forward: it stated that Beverly was to pay $50/month in exchange for a small storage locker between April 21st, 2019 to March 1, 2020. Upon her return from traveling, Beverly found another apartment to live in in Vancouver starting March 1, 2020. She then went to retrieve her things on March 1st from Self-Serve only to find out that they did not have her belongings. An employee of Self-Serve explained that they ran out of space at their location and had to send some of their clients' things to their offsite location. They informed Beverly that they had lost all her belongings. Beverly has come to you for advice. Advise her on what the legal issue is and what her chances of success would be if she took legal action (be sure to ONLY focus on the legal issue that arises in this case study and avoid discussing matters of evidence). Beverly has decided to drop out of university and travel for a year. When she returns from her travels, Beverly intends to finish her degree. Since she wants to keep her personal belongings but not pay the exorbitant rents in Vancouver, she decided to put her things in storage with Self-Serve Storage Ltd. ("Self-Serve"), a Vancouver company, and give up her apartment. The contract that Beverly and Self-Serve entered into was very straight forward: it stated that Beverly was to pay $50/month in exchange for a small storage locker between April 21st, 2019 to March 1, 2020. Upon her return from traveling, Beverly found another apartment to live in in Vancouver starting March 1, 2020. She then went to retrieve her things on March 1st from Self-Serve only to find out that they did not have her belongings. An employee of Self-Serve explained that they ran out of space at their location and had to send some of their clients' things to their offsite location. They informed Beverly that they had lost all her belongings. Beverly has come to you for advice. Advise her on what the legal issue is and what her chances of success would be if she took legal action (be sure to ONLY focus on the legal issue that arises in this case study and avoid discussing matters of evidence).

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Facts of the case Beveraly entered into a contract with SelfServe storage Ltd a Vancouver companyfor a small storage locker in exchange she has to pay ... View the full answer