Contract law worksheet with answers

Under English law, a minor who is supplied with necessaries must pay:

1. AOnly if a parent signed the contract
2. BDouble the contract price
3. CA reasonable price for them
4. DNothing, because minors are never bound

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

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

A counter-offer has which effect on the original offer?

1. AIt accepts the original offer
2. BIt has no effect at all
3. CIt makes the original offer irrevocable
4. DIt rejects and ends the original offer

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

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. BUnenforceable, because police protection can never be consideration for a promise
3. CEnforceable only if approved by Parliament
4. DEnforceable, because doing more than a public duty is consideration

A misrepresentation is:

1. AA false statement of fact that induces someone to enter a contract
2. BAn opinion that turns out to be wrong
3. CSilence about any fact at all
4. DA promise about future behaviour that is not kept, even if honestly made

An employer pays large severance sums to two directors, later discovering it could have dismissed them for nothing because of their earlier misconduct. In Bell v Lever Bros, the agreements were:

1. AValid, because the mistake about quality was not fundamental enough
2. BUnenforceable because severance needs a deed
3. CVoid for common mistake about the contracts
4. DVoidable for the directors' misrepresentation by failing to disclose their misconduct

A buyer specifically asks a surveyor to check aircraft noise at a property. The surveyor negligently reports no problem. In Farley v Skinner:

1. ANo damages were recoverable, because damages for distress or discomfort are always excluded in contract
2. BOnly the difference in market value was recoverable
3. CThe buyer had to sell the house before claiming
4. DDamages for discomfort were recoverable, as peace of mind was an important object of the obligation