Contract law worksheet with answers

Under the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, the short-term right to reject faulty goods generally lasts:

1. A7 days
2. B2 years
3. C30 days
4. D6 months

Anticipatory breach occurs when:

1. AA party performs earlier than the agreed date
2. BAn expert predicts, before performance is due, that a party will probably breach
3. CA party breaches a term that has not yet been agreed
4. DA party shows, before performance is due, that it will not perform

In England and Wales, a claim for breach of a simple (non-deed) contract must usually be brought within:

1. AOne year of the breach
2. BThree months of the breach
3. CTwelve years of the breach
4. DSix years of the breach

A promises to keep an offer open until Friday. On Thursday, B hears from a reliable third party that A has sold the property to someone else. Under Dickinson v Dodds:

1. AThe offer has been revoked, so B can no longer accept
2. BB can sue A for breaking the promise to keep it open
3. CThe offer stays open until Friday, as A promised
4. DB can accept and claim the property from the new buyer

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

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

Police provide extra officers at a mine during a strike, beyond what their public duty requires, at the owner's request. The owner's promise to pay is:

1. AEnforceable only if approved by Parliament
2. BEnforceable, because doing more than a public duty is consideration
3. CVoid, because it is contrary to public policy
4. DUnenforceable, because police protection can never be consideration for a promise

A client repudiates an advertising contract the same day it is made. The agency ignores this, displays the adverts for the full period and sues for the price. In White and Carter v McGregor:

1. AThe agency could recover the full price
2. BThe agency had to obtain a court order first
3. CThe agency could only claim damages after mitigating
4. DThe agency could recover nothing

An employer pays large severance sums to two directors, later discovering it could have dismissed them for nothing because of their earlier misconduct. In Bell v Lever Bros, the agreements were:

1. AUnenforceable because severance needs a deed
2. BVoid for common mistake about the contracts
3. CValid, because the mistake about quality was not fundamental enough
4. DVoidable for the directors' misrepresentation by failing to disclose their misconduct