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1.Easy

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
2.Easy

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

  1. AA condition precedent
  2. BA collateral warranty
  3. CAn implied term
  4. DAn express term
3.Easy

The duty to mitigate loss means that a claimant:

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

Promissory estoppel can prevent a party from:

  1. AEntering into future contracts
  2. BSuing for any breach at all, including breaches entirely unrelated to the promise that it made
  3. CGoing back on a promise not to enforce strict legal rights, when the other relied on it
  4. DMaking any new promises
5.Medium

An offer says acceptance must be made "by notice in writing to us". The offeree posts an acceptance, which is lost. Under Holwell Securities v Hughes:

  1. AThere is no contract, because actual notice was required
  2. BA contract was formed when the letter was posted
  3. CThe contract is void for common mistake
  4. DA contract was formed when the offeree decided to accept
6.Medium

A decorator finishes the work but with minor defects that are cheap to fix. Under Hoenig v Isaacs, the decorator is entitled to:

  1. AOnly payment for the materials used
  2. BNothing, because performance was not exact
  3. CThe full price with no deduction
  4. DThe price less the cost of putting the defects right
7.Hard

Specific performance is usually ordered when:

  1. AThe contract involves personal services, such as employment or performance contracts
  2. BDamages would be an inadequate remedy, for example for unique goods or land
  3. CThe defendant has no money
  4. DThe claimant asks for it in any case
8.Hard

Liquidated damages clauses are enforceable in English law when:

  1. AThey are agreed orally only
  2. BThey protect a legitimate interest and are not out of all proportion to it
  3. CThey are set as high as possible, so that they deter either party from breaching
  4. DOnly the party in breach benefits from them

Answer key

  1. 1. A · 30 days
  2. 2. C · An implied term
  3. 3. C · Cannot recover for losses they could reasonably have avoided
  4. 4. C · Going back on a promise not to enforce strict legal rights, when the other relied on it
  5. 5. A · There is no contract, because actual notice was required
  6. 6. D · The price less the cost of putting the defects right
  7. 7. B · Damages would be an inadequate remedy, for example for unique goods or land
  8. 8. B · They protect a legitimate interest and are not out of all proportion to it

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