Contract law worksheet with answers

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

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

Who can usually enforce a contract?

1. AOnly the state
2. BAnyone who hears about it or is affected by it
3. COnly lawyers
4. DThe parties to the contract

Minors (under 18) entering contracts are generally:

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

A customer signs a contract containing an exclusion clause without reading it. Absent fraud or misrepresentation, the clause is generally:

1. ANot incorporated, because it was not read
2. BVoid for unilateral mistake
3. CIncorporated only if it was explained orally
4. DIncorporated, because a signature binds the signer

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. ACan usually recover the £400
2. BCan recover only if the agreement was oral
3. CMust give back the £600 first
4. DCannot recover anything more

A sailor is to be paid only on completing a voyage, but dies part of the way. Under the strict rule applied in Cutter v Powell:

1. ANothing was recoverable for the part performed
2. BThe ship owner had to pay compensation
3. CA proportion of the wages was payable
4. DThe full wages were payable

An actress is wrongly denied the chance to take part in the final stage of a competition in which some finalists would win prizes. In Chaplin v Hicks:

1. AShe could recover damages for the loss of a chance
2. BShe could recover only her travel expenses
3. CShe could recover the full value of a prize
4. DShe could recover nothing, because her loss was uncertain

A chartered ship is returned late, and the owner loses a very profitable follow-on charter. In The Achilleas, the House of Lords held the charterer was liable:

1. AOnly for the market rate difference during the overrun period
2. BFor no loss, because late return is not a breach
3. CFor the whole profit lost on the follow-on charter, as it was foreseeable
4. DFor punitive damages, because the delay was deliberate