Contract law worksheet with answers

Which elements are generally needed to form a contract?

1. AA payment made in advance
2. BAn offer and an acceptance, with the intention to be legally bound
3. CA witness for each party
4. DA written document signed by both parties and certified by a notary

For commercial agreements, English courts presume that the parties:

1. AIntend the agreement to be a gift
2. BDo not intend to create legal relations
3. CIntend only a moral obligation
4. DIntend to create legal relations

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

1. A7 days
2. B30 days
3. C6 months
4. D2 years

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 statement of future intention
2. BA condition of the contract
3. CA fraudulent misrepresentation
4. DAn honest opinion, not a misrepresentation

An actress agrees to act only for one studio and not for any other during the contract. She leaves to act for a rival. The court is most likely to:

1. AGrant an injunction stopping her acting for the rival
2. BOrder her to pay the rival's profits to the court
3. CRefuse any remedy, as personal services are involved
4. DOrder her to perform her contract with the studio

A seller says the farms are "fully let" but does not mention that the tenants have given notice to leave. This is:

1. AA mere puff with no legal effect
2. BA statement of opinion only
3. CMere silence, which is never actionable
4. DA misrepresentation by half-truth

A husband who has left his wife signs a note promising to transfer the house to her if she pays off the mortgage. She does. In Merritt v Merritt, the promise was:

1. AUnenforceable, because it was a domestic arrangement between husband and wife
2. BUnenforceable, because she gave no consideration
3. CEnforceable, because separated spouses are presumed to intend legal relations
4. DEnforceable only because it was made by deed

Two parties agree to continue negotiating for the sale of a business, with no fixed period. In Walford v Miles, the House of Lords held that a bare agreement to negotiate in good faith is:

1. AUnenforceable, because it lacks certainty
2. BEnforceable only if made in writing
3. CEnforceable as a lock-out agreement
4. DEnforceable, as an implied duty of good faith