Contract law worksheet with answers

A term that the parties did not state, but which a court reads into the contract, is:

1. AA collateral warranty
2. BAn express term
3. CAn implied term
4. DA condition precedent

Under the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, goods supplied by a trader to a consumer must be:

1. ASold below the recommended retail price
2. BOf satisfactory quality, fit for purpose and as described
3. CBrand new and in their original packaging
4. DCovered by a five-year manufacturer guarantee against all defects

In English law, "past consideration" is generally:

1. AGood consideration only between family members
2. BGood consideration if it was valuable
3. CRequired for every contract
4. DNot good consideration

A hotel guest sees an exclusion notice in her room only after booking and paying at reception. Under Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel, the notice is:

1. APart of the contract, because she stayed in the room
2. BPart of the contract, because hotels may exclude liability
3. CNot part of the contract, because it came after formation
4. DBinding from the second night onwards

A sailor is to be paid only on completing a voyage, but dies part of the way. Under the strict rule applied in Cutter v Powell:

1. AA proportion of the wages was payable
2. BThe full wages were payable
3. CThe ship owner had to pay compensation
4. DNothing was recoverable for the part performed

Under EU consumer law, a consumer who buys online usually has the right to withdraw within:

1. ANo time, because online sales are final
2. B3 days, only with a reason
3. C30 days, only if the goods are defective
4. D14 days without giving a reason

Under the Vienna Sales Convention (CISG), a reply to an offer that adds non-material terms:

1. AIs always a rejection
2. BHas no legal effect
3. CCreates a contract only after a court confirms that the added terms are non-material
4. DIs an acceptance, unless the offeror objects without undue delay

A buyer purchases oats thinking they are old oats. The seller knows they are new, but made no statement or promise that they were old. Under Smith v Hughes:

1. AThe contract is voidable, because the seller's silence amounted to a misrepresentation
2. BThe seller had a duty to correct the buyer
3. CThe contract is void for unilateral mistake
4. DThe contract is binding, because a mistake about quality alone is not enough