Contract law worksheet with answers

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

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

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

1. ABinding only if witnessed
2. BAlways legally binding
3. CBinding only for one year
4. DNot intended to be legally binding

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

1. AAn express term
2. BA collateral warranty
3. CAn implied term
4. DA condition precedent

A promises to keep an offer open until Friday. On Thursday, B hears from a reliable third party that A has sold the property to someone else. Under Dickinson v Dodds:

1. AThe offer has been revoked, so B can no longer accept
2. BThe offer stays open until Friday, as A promised
3. CB can sue A for breaking the promise to keep it open
4. DB can accept and claim the property from the new buyer

A holiday company provides a holiday far below the promised standard. Can the customer recover damages for disappointment?

1. ANo, because mental distress is never recoverable in contract
2. BOnly if the customer suffered a physical injury
3. COnly if the company acted dishonestly
4. DYes, because the contract's purpose was to provide enjoyment

A supplier receives a draft agreement, never signs or returns it, but both sides trade on its terms for years. A court is likely to find:

1. AA contract accepted by conduct
2. BNo contract, because nothing was signed
3. CA contract only for the first delivery
4. DA void agreement for lack of certainty

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

In the Dutch Civil Code (BW), an offer that states a time limit for acceptance is:

1. AIrrevocable during that period
2. BInvalid without notarial approval
3. CRevocable at any moment before acceptance
4. DAutomatically accepted at the end of the period