Contract law worksheet with answers

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

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

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

1. AAn implied term
2. BA collateral warranty
3. CAn express term
4. DA condition precedent

Which elements are generally needed to form a contract?

1. AA payment made in advance
2. BA witness for each party
3. CAn offer and an acceptance, with the intention to be legally bound
4. DA written document signed by both parties and certified by a notary

Damages for breach of contract are generally meant to:

1. APut the innocent party in the position as if the contract had been performed
2. BPunish the party in breach
3. CGive the innocent party a profit beyond their loss
4. DReturn both parties only to the position they were in before the contract was made

A creditor agrees to take £600 in full settlement of a £1,000 debt that is due, then sues for the other £400. Under Pinnel's Case and Foakes v Beer, the creditor:

1. ACannot recover anything more
2. BCan recover only if the agreement was oral
3. CCan usually recover the £400
4. DMust give back the £600 first

A builder makes a swimming pool shallower than agreed. It is still safe and no less valuable, and rebuilding would cost far more than any benefit. In Ruxley Electronics v Forsyth the owner received:

1. AA full refund of the contract price
2. BNothing, as there was no loss in value
3. CA modest sum for loss of amenity
4. DThe full cost of rebuilding the pool

A seller agreed to ship goods from Sudan to Hamburg. The Suez Canal was closed, so the ship had to go round the Cape of Good Hope, a much longer route. In Tsakiroglou v Noblee Thorl:

1. AThe contract was not frustrated, as the longer route was not fundamentally different
2. BThe contract was frustrated, as shipping via the usual Suez route had become impossible
3. CThe contract was void from the start
4. DThe buyer had to pay the extra freight costs

In Great Peace Shipping v Tsavliris Salvage, the Court of Appeal held that a contract is void for common mistake only if the mistake makes performance:

1. ACommercially less attractive for one party
2. BDifferent from the contract in a minor detail
3. CMore expensive to carry out than both parties had expected when contracting
4. DImpossible or essentially different from what the parties agreed