Contract law worksheet with answers

The duty to mitigate loss means that a claimant:

1. ACannot recover for losses they could reasonably have avoided
2. BMust sue within one month of the breach
3. CMust prove the breach was deliberate
4. DMust accept any offer made by the party in breach

An offer with no stated time limit lapses:

1. AAt midnight on the day it is made
2. BNever, unless revoked
3. CAfter exactly seven days
4. DAfter a reasonable time

What is the most common remedy for breach of contract?

1. AAutomatic transfer of all the defendant's assets
2. BA fine paid to the state
3. CDamages
4. DImprisonment

Promissory estoppel can prevent a party from:

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

A court will imply a term in fact into a commercial contract only if:

1. AIt would be reasonable and fair to both parties, even if it is not necessary
2. BIt is necessary for business efficacy or so obvious it goes without saying
3. CIt is usual in contracts in other industries
4. DIt would benefit the weaker party

A supplier receives a draft agreement, never signs or returns it, but both sides trade on its terms for years. A court is likely to find:

1. ANo contract, because nothing was signed
2. BA contract accepted by conduct
3. CA contract only for the first delivery
4. DA void agreement for lack of certainty

A seller agreed to ship goods from Sudan to Hamburg. The Suez Canal was closed, so the ship had to go round the Cape of Good Hope, a much longer route. In Tsakiroglou v Noblee Thorl:

1. AThe buyer had to pay the extra freight costs
2. BThe contract was frustrated, as shipping via the usual Suez route had become impossible
3. CThe contract was not frustrated, as the longer route was not fundamentally different
4. DThe contract was void from the start

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