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1.Easy

In England and Wales, a claim for breach of a simple (non-deed) contract must usually be brought within:

  1. AThree months of the breach
  2. BTwelve years of the breach
  3. COne year of the breach
  4. DSix years of the breach
2.Easy

Which English statute allows a third party to enforce a contract term in some cases?

  1. AUnfair Contract Terms Act 1977
  2. BMisrepresentation Act 1967
  3. CLaw Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943
  4. DContracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
3.Easy

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

  1. A2 years
  2. B6 months
  3. C30 days
  4. D7 days
4.Medium

A customer signs a contract containing an exclusion clause without reading it. Absent fraud or misrepresentation, the clause is generally:

  1. AIncorporated, because a signature binds the signer
  2. BIncorporated only if it was explained orally
  3. CVoid for unilateral mistake
  4. DNot incorporated, because it was not read
5.Medium

A seller of land never used for sheep says it could carry 2,000 sheep. Both know he has no experience of sheep farming on it. The statement is most likely:

  1. AA condition of the contract
  2. BAn honest opinion, not a misrepresentation
  3. CA fraudulent misrepresentation
  4. DA statement of future intention
6.Medium

A contract made under duress may be:

  1. ATurned into a criminal offence only
  2. BAvoided (set aside) by the pressured party
  3. CEnforced against the pressured party in every case
  4. DAutomatically valid with no remedy
7.Hard

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

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

Which statement about the parol evidence rule is correct?

  1. ACourts must accept any later oral statement as overriding the express written terms of the contract
  2. BEvidence outside a written contract is generally not admitted to add to or vary its terms
  3. CWritten contracts can never be interpreted
  4. DOral contracts are always invalid

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Six years of the breach
  2. 2. D · Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
  3. 3. C · 30 days
  4. 4. A · Incorporated, because a signature binds the signer
  5. 5. B · An honest opinion, not a misrepresentation
  6. 6. B · Avoided (set aside) by the pressured party
  7. 7. D · Is an acceptance, unless the offeror objects without undue delay
  8. 8. B · Evidence outside a written contract is generally not admitted to add to or vary its terms

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