Contract law worksheet with answers

A "voidable" contract is one that:

1. AIs valid until the affected party chooses to set it aside
2. BIs a criminal agreement and illegal
3. CCan only be ended by both parties agreeing together to cancel it
4. DNever had any legal effect at all

A vague sales claim such as "the best coffee in the world" is usually treated as:

1. AA fraudulent misrepresentation
2. BA condition of the contract
3. CAn implied warranty of quality
4. DA mere puff with no legal effect

In English law, "past consideration" is generally:

1. AGood consideration only between family members
2. BRequired for every contract
3. CNot good consideration
4. DGood consideration if it was valuable

Police provide extra officers at a mine during a strike, beyond what their public duty requires, at the owner's request. The owner's promise to pay is:

1. AVoid, because it is contrary to public policy
2. BEnforceable, because doing more than a public duty is consideration
3. CEnforceable only if approved by Parliament
4. DUnenforceable, because police protection can never be consideration for a promise

An actor withdraws from a TV film and the company cannot prove what profit the film would have made. It may claim:

1. APunitive damages to deter the actor
2. BIts wasted expenditure, including costs incurred before the contract
3. CIts estimated profits from the film, even if they are purely speculative
4. DOnly nominal damages of a small sum

An unusual and onerous term in standard conditions will only be incorporated if:

1. AThe other party could have found it online
2. BIt appears on the back of a receipt
3. CIt is printed anywhere in the contract documents, however small the type
4. DIt was fairly and reasonably brought to the other party's attention

A posts an offer. A week later A posts a revocation. B receives the offer and immediately accepts by telegram, and only later receives the revocation. Applying Byrne v Van Tienhoven:

1. AThere was no contract, because the revocation was posted before B's acceptance was sent
2. BA contract was made when B accepted, because the revocation had not yet arrived
3. CA contract was made only when B received the revocation
4. DThere was no contract, because offers by post can be revoked at any time

In a face-to-face sale, a rogue falsely claims to be a famous actor, pays with a worthless cheque, and sells the car on to an innocent buyer. Under Lewis v Averay, the first contract was:

1. AVoid for mistake, so the innocent buyer got no title
2. BVoidable for fraud, so the innocent buyer got good title
3. CValid, and the seller could only sue the rogue in tort
4. DVoid, because cheques cannot pay for cars