Contract law worksheet with answers

Minors (under 18) entering contracts are generally:

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

The duty to mitigate loss means that a claimant:

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

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

1. ARepresentation
2. BCondition
3. CWarranty
4. DInvitation to treat

A seller of land never used for sheep says it could carry 2,000 sheep. Both know he has no experience of sheep farming on it. The statement is most likely:

1. AAn honest opinion, not a misrepresentation
2. BA fraudulent misrepresentation
3. CA condition of the contract
4. DA statement of future intention

An acceptance is sent by telex and arrives in the offeror's office during working hours. Under Entores v Miles Far East, acceptance takes effect:

1. AWhen the offeror reads it a week later
2. BWhen it is received by the offeror
3. CWhen it is confirmed by post
4. DWhen it is sent by the offeree

A buyer is told false figures about a business and is offered documents that would reveal the truth, but does not read them. Under Redgrave v Hurd:

1. AThe buyer can still rely on the misrepresentation
2. BThe misrepresentation becomes a term
3. CThe buyer loses all remedies by failing to check
4. DThe buyer can claim only half the loss

A pays B money to bet on shares using insider information, which is illegal. The bet never happens and A wants the money back. In Patel v Mirza, the Supreme Court held:

1. AA could recover only half the money
2. BThe money passed to the state as illegal proceeds
3. CA could recover the money, applying a policy-based approach to illegality
4. DA could not recover, because no claim can be founded on an illegal agreement

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. AAwarded only nominal damages
2. BHeld that no remedy was available
3. CAwarded punitive damages to the Crown
4. DOrdered him to account for his profits, in an exceptional case