Contract law worksheet with answers

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

Under the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, goods supplied by a trader to a consumer must be:

1. ACovered by a five-year manufacturer guarantee against all defects
2. BOf satisfactory quality, fit for purpose and as described
3. CSold below the recommended retail price
4. DBrand new and in their original packaging

Minors (under 18) entering contracts are generally:

1. AProtected, so many of their contracts are not enforceable against them
2. BLiable only if their parents sign too
3. CNever able to make any contract
4. DBound in exactly the same way as adults, unless their parents object in writing

A misrepresentation is:

1. ASilence about any fact at all
2. BAn opinion that turns out to be wrong
3. CA false statement of fact that induces someone to enter a contract
4. DA promise about future behaviour that is not kept, even if honestly made

A fishing company receives fewer licences than it needs and chooses to assign them to its other ships, not the chartered one. In Maritime National Fish v Ocean Trawlers the charter was:

1. ANot frustrated, because the problem was self-induced
2. BFrustrated by the government licensing decision
3. CVoid, because licences were a condition precedent
4. DSuspended until more licences were issued

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. BThe full cost of rebuilding the pool
3. CNothing, as there was no loss in value
4. DA modest sum for loss of amenity

In English law, a presumption of undue influence typically arises when:

1. AThere is a relationship of trust and confidence and a transaction that calls for explanation
2. BAny contract is made between members of a family
3. CAny customer signs a contract with a bank
4. DThe price agreed is substantially lower than the market price, whatever the relationship of the parties

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