Question

1/ World famous supermodel Cindy Crawford enters into a contract with world famous hair stylist Vidal Sassoon in which Mr. Sassoon agrees that he will trim and style Ms. Crawford's hair every month in exchange for a $5,000 monthly payment. Mr. Sassoon then delegates his obligation to trim and style Ms. Crawford's hair to Donald Trump's hair stylist.  Can Ms. Crawford object successfully to this delegation? Can she refuse to pay the monthly fee of $5,000 under the agreement? Why or why not?

2/ Assume the same fact pattern as set forth in the previous question, except that the contract between Ms. Crawford and Mr. Sassoon is about renting hair care equipment – in other words, Ms. Crawford enters into a contract with Mr. Sassoon in which Mr. Sassoon will rent to Ms. Crawford hair-care equipment (specialized combs, brushes, dryers, curling irons, etc.) in exchange for $5,000 per month. Mr. Sassoon then delegates his obligation to Donald Trump's hair stylist to provide the rented equipment to Ms. Crawford. Can Ms. Crawford object successfully to this delegation? Can she refuse to pay $5,000? Why or why not?

Answer 1

1/ World famous supermodel Cindy Crawford enters into a contract with world famous hair stylist Vidal Sassoon in which Mr. Sassoon agrees that he will trim and style Ms. Crawford's hair every month in exchange for a $5,000 monthly payment. Mr. Sassoon then delegates his obligation to trim and style Ms. Crawford's hair to Donald Trump's hair stylist.  Can Ms. Crawford object successfully to this delegation? Can she refuse to pay the monthly fee of $5,000 under the agreement? Why or why not?

Yes, as per the contract Ms Crawford has negotiated a sum of $5000 for the services from Mr Sassoon and if it is outsourced to someone else it should be only after due agreement with Ms Crawford.

And if the original terms are not agreed by Mr Sassoon then the contract becomes void and so Ms Crawford can easily walkout of the agreement without paying the contract sum and so refusal is within the agreement terms.

2/ Assume the same fact pattern as set forth in the previous question, except that the contract between Ms. Crawford and Mr. Sassoon is about renting hair care equipment – in other words, Ms. Crawford enters into a contract with Mr. Sassoon in which Mr. Sassoon will rent to Ms. Crawford hair-care equipment (specialized combs, brushes, dryers, curling irons, etc.) in exchange for $5,000 per month. Mr. Sassoon then delegates his obligation to Donald Trump's hair stylist to provide the rented equipment to Ms. Crawford. Can Ms. Crawford object successfully to this delegation? Can she refuse to pay $5,000? Why or why not?

In this case the equipment are to be supplied by Mr Sassoon and the mode is not clearly mentioned, if there is any specifics mentioned then it needs to be adhered to. But in case there is no such clause on the contract agreement then Mr Sassoon can arrange from any source as per his convenience and Ms Crawford needs to pay if the service promised is offered, which is the equipment are provided to her by Mr Sassoon, which is the case even when it is through a third party.

So in this case she cannot refuse the payment as the promised offering is duly filled by Mr Sassoon, hence Ms Crawford is supposed to pay as per the contract agreement.