Contract law worksheet with answers

Who can usually enforce a contract?

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

In English law, agreements between spouses living together in harmony are presumed to be:

1. ABinding only for one year
2. BBinding only if witnessed
3. CNot intended to be legally binding
4. DAlways legally binding

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. CCannot recover for losses they could reasonably have avoided
4. DMust accept any offer made by the party in breach

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

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. BRecoverable, though the court may let the payee keep some for expenses
3. CPayable twice, as a penalty
4. DPaid into court for distribution

A hotel guest sees an exclusion notice in her room only after booking and paying at reception. Under Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel, the notice is:

1. APart of the contract, because she stayed in the room
2. BPart of the contract, because hotels may exclude liability
3. CNot part of the contract, because it came after formation
4. DBinding from the second night onwards

Under the Vienna Sales Convention (CISG), a reply to an offer that adds non-material terms:

1. AHas no legal effect
2. BIs an acceptance, unless the offeror objects without undue delay
3. CIs always a rejection
4. DCreates a contract only after a court confirms that the added terms are non-material

In a face-to-face sale, a rogue falsely claims to be a famous actor, pays with a worthless cheque, and sells the car on to an innocent buyer. Under Lewis v Averay, the first contract was:

1. AValid, and the seller could only sue the rogue in tort
2. BVoid for mistake, so the innocent buyer got no title
3. CVoidable for fraud, so the innocent buyer got good title
4. DVoid, because cheques cannot pay for cars