Contract law worksheet with answers

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

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

In English law, revocation of an offer takes effect:

1. AOnly after a reasonable notice period
2. BWhen the letter of revocation is posted
3. CAs soon as the offeror privately decides
4. DWhen it is actually communicated to the offeree

An offer with no stated time limit lapses:

1. ANever, unless revoked
2. BAfter exactly seven days
3. CAfter a reasonable time
4. DAt midnight on the day it is made

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. AA proportion of the wages was payable
2. BThe ship owner had to pay compensation
3. CThe full wages were payable
4. DNothing was recoverable for the part performed

Promissory estoppel can prevent a party from:

1. ASuing for any breach at all, including breaches entirely unrelated to the promise that it made
2. BMaking any new promises
3. CEntering into future contracts
4. DGoing back on a promise not to enforce strict legal rights, when the other relied on it

A former wife sues for maintenance her ex-husband promised, relying only on promissory estoppel because she gave no consideration. In Combe v Combe:

1. AShe succeeded, because she relied on the promise
2. BShe failed, because promissory estoppel is a shield, not a sword
3. CShe failed, because family agreements are never legally binding on either party
4. DShe succeeded, because the promise was made in writing

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 no contract, because the terms were too vague
4. DThere was a contract at a reasonable price

A council invites tenders by a deadline. A club submits on time, but the council wrongly treats it as late and ignores it. In Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club v Blackpool BC, the Court of Appeal held:

1. AThere was no obligation of any kind, as an invitation to tender is only an invitation to treat
2. BThe council was obliged to accept the club's tender
3. CThe council breached an implied contract to consider conforming tenders
4. DThe club could only claim in tort for negligence