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1.Easy

A shop displays a jacket with a price tag in its window. In English law this is usually:

  1. AA binding offer to sell at that price
  2. BAn acceptance
  3. CAn invitation to treat
  4. DA unilateral contract
2.Easy

In English law, agreements between spouses living together in harmony are presumed to be:

  1. ABinding only if witnessed
  2. BNot intended to be legally binding
  3. CBinding only for one year
  4. DAlways legally binding
3.Easy

What is a breach of contract?

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

A contract made under duress may be:

  1. AAutomatically valid with no remedy
  2. BEnforced against the pressured party in every case
  3. CTurned into a criminal offence only
  4. DAvoided (set aside) by the pressured party
5.Medium

A seller of land never used for sheep says it could carry 2,000 sheep. Both know he has no experience of sheep farming on it. The statement is most likely:

  1. AAn honest opinion, not a misrepresentation
  2. BA fraudulent misrepresentation
  3. CA statement of future intention
  4. DA condition of the contract
6.Medium

An actress agrees to act only for one studio and not for any other during the contract. She leaves to act for a rival. The court is most likely to:

  1. ARefuse any remedy, as personal services are involved
  2. BGrant an injunction stopping her acting for the rival
  3. COrder her to perform her contract with the studio
  4. DOrder her to pay the rival's profits to the court
7.Hard

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. AOrdered him to account for his profits, in an exceptional case
  2. BAwarded punitive damages to the Crown
  3. CAwarded only nominal damages
  4. DHeld that no remedy was available
8.Hard

A van is bought "on hire-purchase terms" with no further detail, and such terms varied widely in practice. In Scammell v Ouston, the House of Lords held:

  1. AThere was a contract on the standard hire-purchase terms of the market
  2. BThe seller's usual terms applied
  3. CThere was a contract at a reasonable price
  4. DThere was no contract, because the terms were too vague

Answer key

  1. 1. C · An invitation to treat
  2. 2. B · Not intended to be legally binding
  3. 3. A · Failing to perform a contractual obligation without a lawful excuse
  4. 4. D · Avoided (set aside) by the pressured party
  5. 5. A · An honest opinion, not a misrepresentation
  6. 6. B · Grant an injunction stopping her acting for the rival
  7. 7. A · Ordered him to account for his profits, in an exceptional case
  8. 8. D · There was no contract, because the terms were too vague

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