Contract law worksheet with answers

Who can usually enforce a contract?

1. AAnyone who hears about it or is affected by it
2. BThe parties to the contract
3. COnly lawyers
4. DOnly the state

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

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

The duty to mitigate loss means that a claimant:

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

Under the Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943, money paid before a frustrating event is generally:

1. ALost, because the loss must lie where it falls once the contract is frustrated
2. BPaid into court for distribution
3. CRecoverable, though the court may let the payee keep some for expenses
4. DPayable twice, as a penalty

A builder makes a swimming pool shallower than agreed. It is still safe and no less valuable, and rebuilding would cost far more than any benefit. In Ruxley Electronics v Forsyth the owner received:

1. AA modest sum for loss of amenity
2. BNothing, as there was no loss in value
3. CA full refund of the contract price
4. DThe full cost of rebuilding the pool

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

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

In Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co, the court held that the advertisement was:

1. AAn invitation to treat
2. BA unilateral offer that could be accepted by performing the conditions
3. CA contract only with the newspaper
4. DA mere advertising puff with no legal effect, since no one could take it seriously