Contract law worksheet with answers

Minors (under 18) entering contracts are generally:

1. ALiable only if their parents sign too
2. BNever able to make any contract
3. CBound in exactly the same way as adults, unless their parents object in writing
4. DProtected, so many of their contracts are not enforceable against them

In English law, "past consideration" is generally:

1. AGood consideration only between family members
2. BRequired for every contract
3. CNot good consideration
4. DGood consideration if it was valuable

Under English law, a minor who is supplied with necessaries must pay:

1. AOnly if a parent signed the contract
2. BDouble the contract price
3. CNothing, because minors are never bound
4. DA reasonable price for them

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

A former wife sues for maintenance her ex-husband promised, relying only on promissory estoppel because she gave no consideration. In Combe v Combe:

1. AShe failed, because promissory estoppel is a shield, not a sword
2. BShe failed, because family agreements are never legally binding on either party
3. CShe succeeded, because the promise was made in writing
4. DShe succeeded, because she relied on the promise

In English law, the "postal rule" means an acceptance sent by post takes effect:

1. AWhen the offeror replies
2. BWhen the letter is read
3. CWhen the letter arrives
4. DWhen the letter is posted

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. AEnforceable, because separated spouses are presumed to intend legal relations
2. BEnforceable only because it was made by deed
3. CUnenforceable, because she gave no consideration
4. DUnenforceable, because it was a domestic arrangement between husband and wife

A client repudiates an advertising contract the same day it is made. The agency ignores this, displays the adverts for the full period and sues for the price. In White and Carter v McGregor:

1. AThe agency had to obtain a court order first
2. BThe agency could recover nothing
3. CThe agency could only claim damages after mitigating
4. DThe agency could recover the full price