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1.Easy

In English law, a newspaper advertisement offering goods for sale at a stated price is usually:

  1. AAn invitation to treat
  2. BAn acceptance of future orders
  3. CA unilateral offer to all readers
  4. DA collateral contract with each reader
2.Easy

What is a breach of contract?

  1. AWithdrawing an offer before it is accepted, after promising to keep it open
  2. BFailing to perform a contractual obligation without a lawful excuse
  3. CRefusing to sign a contract
  4. DNegotiating a better price
3.Easy

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

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

A customer signs a contract containing an exclusion clause without reading it. Absent fraud or misrepresentation, the clause is generally:

  1. AIncorporated, because a signature binds the signer
  2. BNot incorporated, because it was not read
  3. CIncorporated only if it was explained orally
  4. DVoid for unilateral mistake
5.Medium

Promissory estoppel can prevent a party from:

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

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. ANothing was recoverable for the part performed
  2. BA proportion of the wages was payable
  3. CThe ship owner had to pay compensation
  4. DThe full wages were payable
7.Hard

A wife guarantees her husband's business debts to a bank. Under RBS v Etridge (No 2), the bank should normally:

  1. ASeek a court's approval of the guarantee
  2. BObtain confirmation that a solicitor has advised her
  3. CRefuse the guarantee unless she has her own income
  4. DHave the husband explain the risks to her
8.Hard

Specific performance is usually ordered when:

  1. AThe contract involves personal services, such as employment or performance contracts
  2. BDamages would be an inadequate remedy, for example for unique goods or land
  3. CThe defendant has no money
  4. DThe claimant asks for it in any case

Answer key

  1. 1. A · An invitation to treat
  2. 2. B · Failing to perform a contractual obligation without a lawful excuse
  3. 3. B · A mere puff with no legal effect
  4. 4. A · Incorporated, because a signature binds the signer
  5. 5. C · Going back on a promise not to enforce strict legal rights, when the other relied on it
  6. 6. A · Nothing was recoverable for the part performed
  7. 7. B · Obtain confirmation that a solicitor has advised her
  8. 8. B · Damages would be an inadequate remedy, for example for unique goods or land

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