Contract law worksheet with answers

Anticipatory breach occurs when:

1. AA party performs earlier than the agreed date
2. BAn expert predicts, before performance is due, that a party will probably breach
3. CA party shows, before performance is due, that it will not perform
4. DA party breaches a term that has not yet been agreed

In England and Wales, a claim for breach of a simple (non-deed) contract must usually be brought within:

1. ASix years of the breach
2. BOne year of the breach
3. CTwelve years of the breach
4. DThree months of the breach

A shop displays a jacket with a price tag in its window. In English law this is usually:

1. AA unilateral contract
2. BA binding offer to sell at that price
3. CAn invitation to treat
4. DAn acceptance

At an auction in England, the contract of sale is completed when:

1. AThe buyer collects the goods
2. BThe bidder makes the highest bid
3. CThe auctioneer brings down the hammer
4. DThe auctioneer puts the item up for sale

Promissory estoppel can prevent a party from:

1. AGoing back on a promise not to enforce strict legal rights, when the other relied on it
2. BEntering into future contracts
3. CSuing for any breach at all, including breaches entirely unrelated to the promise that it made
4. DMaking any new promises

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. BNothing was recoverable for the part performed
3. CThe ship owner had to pay compensation
4. DThe full wages were payable

Asked to "telegraph lowest cash price" for a property, the owner replies "Lowest price £900". The enquirer then telegraphs that he accepts. In Harvey v Facey:

1. AThere was a contract at a reasonable price
2. BThe reply was a counter-offer, which the enquirer's telegram then accepted
3. CThere was no contract, because stating a lowest price was not an offer
4. DThere was a contract at £900

Under the EU Unfair Terms Directive, a non-negotiated consumer contract term is unfair if:

1. AThe consumer did not read it
2. BContrary to good faith, it causes a significant imbalance to the consumer's detriment
3. CIt was written in small font
4. DIt benefits the trader in any way, even where the consumer's rights are not significantly affected