Contract law worksheet with answers

Under the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, the short-term right to reject faulty goods generally lasts:

1. A30 days
2. B2 years
3. C7 days
4. D6 months

Who can usually enforce a contract?

1. AOnly lawyers
2. BAnyone who hears about it or is affected by it
3. COnly the state
4. DThe parties to the contract

According to Derry v Peek, a misrepresentation is fraudulent if the maker:

1. AMade it in a written document
2. BMade it carelessly and without checking the facts, though honestly believing it
3. CMade a profit from the contract that followed
4. DKnew it was false, did not believe it, or was reckless whether it was true

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

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

1. A14 days without giving a reason
2. B3 days, only with a reason
3. C30 days, only if the goods are defective
4. DNo time, because online sales are final

A builder's job takes much longer and costs much more than planned because of labour shortages. Under Davis Contractors v Fareham UDC, the contract is:

1. AFrustrated, because the costs rose unexpectedly and substantially
2. BNot frustrated, because it has only become more onerous
3. CVoid, because the price was wrongly estimated
4. DAutomatically varied to a reasonable price

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. AHeld that no remedy was available
2. BAwarded only nominal damages
3. COrdered him to account for his profits, in an exceptional case
4. DAwarded punitive damages to the Crown

A van is bought "on hire-purchase terms" with no further detail, and such terms varied widely in practice. In Scammell v Ouston, the House of Lords held:

1. AThere was a contract on the standard hire-purchase terms of the market
2. BThere was no contract, because the terms were too vague
3. CThere was a contract at a reasonable price
4. DThe seller's usual terms applied