Contract law worksheet with answers

Under English law, a minor who is supplied with necessaries must pay:

1. ANothing, because minors are never bound
2. BA reasonable price for them
3. CDouble the contract price
4. DOnly if a parent signed the contract

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

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

Anticipatory breach occurs when:

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

A creditor agrees to take £600 in full settlement of a £1,000 debt that is due, then sues for the other £400. Under Pinnel's Case and Foakes v Beer, the creditor:

1. ACan usually recover the £400
2. BMust give back the £600 first
3. CCannot recover anything more
4. DCan recover only if the agreement was oral

A doctor selling his practice truthfully states its income, but the income falls sharply before the contract is signed and he says nothing. This is:

1. ANot a misrepresentation, because the statement was true when it was made
2. BA mere opinion about future income
3. CA breach of an implied condition of quality
4. DA misrepresentation, because he should have corrected the statement

A misrepresentation is:

1. AAn opinion that turns out to be wrong
2. BA promise about future behaviour that is not kept, even if honestly made
3. CSilence about any fact at all
4. DA false statement of fact that induces someone to enter a contract

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. BA contract was formed when the council's letter was sent to the tenant
3. CThere was no contract, because the letter was not an offer
4. DThe council was bound by estoppel to sell

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