Contract law worksheet with answers

Anticipatory breach occurs when:

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

Which English statute allows a third party to enforce a contract term in some cases?

1. AMisrepresentation Act 1967
2. BUnfair Contract Terms Act 1977
3. CLaw Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943
4. DContracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999

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

1. ARepresentation
2. BWarranty
3. CInvitation to treat
4. DCondition

Under section 2(1) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967, a person who made a false statement inducing a contract is liable in damages unless:

1. AThey prove they had reasonable grounds to believe, and did believe, it was true
2. BThe claimant proves that the statement was made fraudulently and not merely carelessly
3. CThe contract was made between two businesses
4. DThe statement was made orally and not in writing

Under EU consumer law, a consumer who buys online usually has the right to withdraw within:

1. A30 days, only if the goods are defective
2. B14 days without giving a reason
3. C3 days, only with a reason
4. DNo time, because online sales are final

A decorator finishes the work but with minor defects that are cheap to fix. Under Hoenig v Isaacs, the decorator is entitled to:

1. AThe price less the cost of putting the defects right
2. BNothing, because performance was not exact
3. CThe full price with no deduction
4. DOnly payment for the materials used

A posts an offer. A week later A posts a revocation. B receives the offer and immediately accepts by telegram, and only later receives the revocation. Applying Byrne v Van Tienhoven:

1. AA contract was made only when B received the revocation
2. BThere was no contract, because offers by post can be revoked at any time
3. CThere was no contract, because the revocation was posted before B's acceptance was sent
4. DA contract was made when B accepted, because the revocation had not yet arrived

A former spy publishes his memoirs in breach of his undertaking not to disclose official information. In AG v Blake, the House of Lords:

1. AOrdered him to account for his profits, in an exceptional case
2. BAwarded only nominal damages
3. CAwarded punitive damages to the Crown
4. DHeld that no remedy was available