Contract law worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A term that is fundamental to the contract, whose breach allows termination, is called in English law a:

  1. AInvitation to treat
  2. BRepresentation
  3. CCondition
  4. DWarranty
2.Easy

An offeree asks whether the offeror would accept delivery in two parts, without rejecting the original terms. This is:

  1. AA request for information
  2. BA revocation
  3. CAn acceptance
  4. DA counter-offer
3.Easy

Under English law, a minor who is supplied with necessaries must pay:

  1. AOnly if a parent signed the contract
  2. BDouble the contract price
  3. CA reasonable price for them
  4. DNothing, because minors are never bound
4.Medium

A misrepresentation is:

  1. AA promise about future behaviour that is not kept, even if honestly made
  2. BA false statement of fact that induces someone to enter a contract
  3. CSilence about any fact at all
  4. DAn opinion that turns out to be wrong
5.Medium

A creditor agrees to take £600 in full settlement of a £1,000 debt that is due, then sues for the other £400. Under Pinnel's Case and Foakes v Beer, the creditor:

  1. ACannot recover anything more
  2. BMust give back the £600 first
  3. CCan usually recover the £400
  4. DCan recover only if the agreement was oral
6.Medium

At an auction in England, the contract of sale is completed when:

  1. AThe auctioneer brings down the hammer
  2. BThe buyer collects the goods
  3. CThe bidder makes the highest bid
  4. DThe auctioneer puts the item up for sale
7.Hard

A husband who has left his wife signs a note promising to transfer the house to her if she pays off the mortgage. She does. In Merritt v Merritt, the promise was:

  1. AUnenforceable, because it was a domestic arrangement between husband and wife
  2. BEnforceable, because separated spouses are presumed to intend legal relations
  3. CUnenforceable, because she gave no consideration
  4. DEnforceable only because it was made by deed
8.Hard

In Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co, the court held that the advertisement was:

  1. AA mere advertising puff with no legal effect, since no one could take it seriously
  2. BA unilateral offer that could be accepted by performing the conditions
  3. CA contract only with the newspaper
  4. DAn invitation to treat

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Condition
  2. 2. A · A request for information
  3. 3. C · A reasonable price for them
  4. 4. B · A false statement of fact that induces someone to enter a contract
  5. 5. C · Can usually recover the £400
  6. 6. A · The auctioneer brings down the hammer
  7. 7. B · Enforceable, because separated spouses are presumed to intend legal relations
  8. 8. B · A unilateral offer that could be accepted by performing the conditions

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