Contract law worksheet with answers

The rule that "consideration must move from the promisee" means:

1. AA person can enforce a promise only if they gave consideration for it
2. BThe promisor must provide all the consideration for the promise it makes
3. CThe promisee must always pay in cash
4. DThe consideration must be handed to a court

Which equitable remedy corrects a written contract so it records what the parties actually agreed?

1. ARescission
2. BSpecific performance
3. CRectification
4. DQuantum meruit

When can an offer generally be withdrawn?

1. ANever, once it has been made
2. BOnly by a court
3. COnly after it has been accepted
4. DBefore it has been accepted

A boiler is delivered late to a laundry. The seller knew it was needed for the business but not about especially lucrative dyeing contracts. Under Victoria Laundry v Newman, the laundry recovers:

1. AOnly the price it paid for the boiler
2. BOrdinary lost profits, but not the profits from the special contracts
3. CNothing, because all lost profits are too remote
4. DAll lost profits, including those from the especially lucrative dyeing contracts

In Hadley v Baxendale, damages are recoverable for losses that:

1. AArise naturally from the breach or were in the reasonable contemplation of both parties
2. BWere caused by a third party
3. CThe claimant suffered only after the trial
4. DWere caused in any factual sense by the breach, however unusual and unforeseeable they were

Under EU consumer law, a consumer who buys online usually has the right to withdraw within:

1. ANo time, because online sales are final
2. B30 days, only if the goods are defective
3. C14 days without giving a reason
4. D3 days, only with a reason

Specific performance is usually ordered when:

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

A council invites tenders by a deadline. A club submits on time, but the council wrongly treats it as late and ignores it. In Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club v Blackpool BC, the Court of Appeal held:

1. AThe club could only claim in tort for negligence
2. BThere was no obligation of any kind, as an invitation to tender is only an invitation to treat
3. CThe council was obliged to accept the club's tender
4. DThe council breached an implied contract to consider conforming tenders