Contract law worksheet with answers

According to Derry v Peek, a misrepresentation is fraudulent if the maker:

1. AMade a profit from the contract that followed
2. BMade it carelessly and without checking the facts, though honestly believing it
3. CKnew it was false, did not believe it, or was reckless whether it was true
4. DMade it in a written document

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

In England and Wales, a contract for the sale of land must be:

1. AIn writing, containing all agreed terms, and signed by both parties
2. BMade orally in front of two witnesses
3. CMade only through an estate agent
4. DApproved by a court and registered with HM Land Registry before it is made

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. CWere caused in any factual sense by the breach, however unusual and unforeseeable they were
4. DThe claimant suffered only after the trial

A supplier receives a draft agreement, never signs or returns it, but both sides trade on its terms for years. A court is likely to find:

1. ANo contract, because nothing was signed
2. BA contract only for the first delivery
3. CA void agreement for lack of certainty
4. DA contract accepted by conduct

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

1. A3 days, only with a reason
2. B14 days without giving a reason
3. C30 days, only if the goods are defective
4. DNo time, because online sales are final

A flat is hired for two days to watch a coronation procession, which is cancelled because the King is ill. The contract does not mention the procession. In Krell v Henry:

1. AThe contract was not frustrated, because the flat was still available
2. BThe contract was frustrated, because the procession was its foundation
3. CThe contract was void for common mistake
4. DThe hirer had to pay as the risk was his

A former spy publishes his memoirs in breach of his undertaking not to disclose official information. In AG v Blake, the House of Lords:

1. AHeld that no remedy was available
2. BAwarded punitive damages to the Crown
3. COrdered him to account for his profits, in an exceptional case
4. DAwarded only nominal damages