John Oddi a Carpenter met a beautiful young lady by the names of Leah Namukasa. John was blown away by her beauty and the two started off a relationship and moved to stay together. After a year of living together, the two decided to take their relationship to the next level by Leah introducing John to her parents. Leah’s parents required John to bring Ugx 10 Million Shillings plus a car if he was serious on taking Leah as his spouse. Leah informed John of her parent’s demands. Leah parents organized the introduction ceremony in anticipation of John’s arrival with the Money and a Car. When John arrived at the introduction he only had Ugx 1 million which he handed over to the Leah’s parents and promised to bring the balance of the money and the Car in a few weeks’ time. After the ceremony Leah parent’s demanded John to act upon his promise of paying the balance and the car which demand John refused to honor. John’s refusal to act upon his promise has stressed Leah and she has threatened to leave John?
Discuss all the legal aspects surrounding John and Leah’s relationship?
ii) Assess the legality of Leah’s parent’s demands to John?