Contract law worksheet with answers

Minors (under 18) entering contracts are generally:

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

A term that the parties did not state, but which a court reads into the contract, is:

1. AA condition precedent
2. BAn express term
3. CAn implied term
4. DA collateral warranty

For commercial agreements, English courts presume that the parties:

1. AIntend only a moral obligation
2. BIntend the agreement to be a gift
3. CDo not intend to create legal relations
4. DIntend to create legal relations

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

Police provide extra officers at a mine during a strike, beyond what their public duty requires, at the owner's request. The owner's promise to pay is:

1. AEnforceable only if approved by Parliament
2. BEnforceable, because doing more than a public duty is consideration
3. CUnenforceable, because police protection can never be consideration for a promise
4. DVoid, because it is contrary to public policy

Frustration of contract occurs when:

1. AAn unforeseen event makes performance impossible or radically different
2. BThe contract was badly drafted
3. COne party regrets the bargain
4. DPerformance becomes more expensive or more difficult than either party expected

A council writes that it "may be prepared to sell" a house to a tenant and invites a formal application. The tenant applies, then the council changes its policy. In Gibson v Manchester City Council, the House of Lords held:

1. AA contract was formed when the tenant applied
2. BThere was no contract, because the letter was not an offer
3. CA contract was formed when the council's letter was sent to the tenant
4. DThe council was bound by estoppel to sell

Two parties agree to continue negotiating for the sale of a business, with no fixed period. In Walford v Miles, the House of Lords held that a bare agreement to negotiate in good faith is:

1. AEnforceable, as an implied duty of good faith
2. BEnforceable only if made in writing
3. CUnenforceable, because it lacks certainty
4. DEnforceable as a lock-out agreement