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1.Easy

In English law, a term whose breach allows termination only if the consequences are serious is called:

  1. AAn innominate (intermediate) term
  2. BA condition
  3. CA warranty
  4. DA representation
2.Easy

What is the most common remedy for breach of contract?

  1. AImprisonment
  2. BA fine paid to the state
  3. CAutomatic transfer of all the defendant's assets
  4. DDamages
3.Easy

An offeree asks whether the offeror would accept delivery in two parts, without rejecting the original terms. This is:

  1. AA request for information
  2. BA revocation
  3. CA counter-offer
  4. DAn acceptance
4.Medium

Under UCTA 1977, a business-to-business clause excluding liability for property damage caused by negligence is valid:

  1. AAlways, because businesses can bargain freely
  2. BOnly if it satisfies the requirement of reasonableness
  3. COnly if signed by a company director
  4. DNever, in any circumstances
5.Medium

A fishing company receives fewer licences than it needs and chooses to assign them to its other ships, not the chartered one. In Maritime National Fish v Ocean Trawlers the charter was:

  1. ASuspended until more licences were issued
  2. BNot frustrated, because the problem was self-induced
  3. CVoid, because licences were a condition precedent
  4. DFrustrated by the government licensing decision
6.Medium

A seller says the farms are "fully let" but does not mention that the tenants have given notice to leave. This is:

  1. AA misrepresentation by half-truth
  2. BA mere puff with no legal effect
  3. CMere silence, which is never actionable
  4. DA statement of opinion only
7.Hard

A pays B money to bet on shares using insider information, which is illegal. The bet never happens and A wants the money back. In Patel v Mirza, the Supreme Court held:

  1. AThe money passed to the state as illegal proceeds
  2. BA could recover the money, applying a policy-based approach to illegality
  3. CA could not recover, because no claim can be founded on an illegal agreement
  4. DA could recover only half the money
8.Hard

An act done before a promise was made can still be good consideration if:

  1. AIt was valuable to the promisor when it was done
  2. BThe act was done within one year before the promise and was of some value to the promisor
  3. CThe later promise was made in writing
  4. DIt was requested, payment was understood, and the promise would otherwise be enforceable

Answer key

  1. 1. A · An innominate (intermediate) term
  2. 2. D · Damages
  3. 3. A · A request for information
  4. 4. B · Only if it satisfies the requirement of reasonableness
  5. 5. B · Not frustrated, because the problem was self-induced
  6. 6. A · A misrepresentation by half-truth
  7. 7. B · A could recover the money, applying a policy-based approach to illegality
  8. 8. D · It was requested, payment was understood, and the promise would otherwise be enforceable

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