Contract law worksheet with answers

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

1. AA condition precedent
2. BA collateral warranty
3. CAn express term
4. DAn implied term

Anticipatory breach occurs when:

1. AA party breaches a term that has not yet been agreed
2. BA party performs earlier than the agreed date
3. CAn expert predicts, before performance is due, that a party will probably breach
4. DA party shows, before performance is due, that it will not perform

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

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

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. AVoid, because it is contrary to public policy
2. BEnforceable only if approved by Parliament
3. CUnenforceable, because police protection can never be consideration for a promise
4. DEnforceable, because doing more than a public duty is consideration

Damages for breach of contract are generally meant to:

1. APunish the party in breach
2. BPut the innocent party in the position as if the contract had been performed
3. CGive the innocent party a profit beyond their loss
4. DReturn both parties only to the position they were in before the contract was made

A creditor agrees to take £600 in full settlement of a £1,000 debt that is due, then sues for the other £400. Under Pinnel's Case and Foakes v Beer, the creditor:

1. ACan recover only if the agreement was oral
2. BCannot recover anything more
3. CCan usually recover the £400
4. DMust give back the £600 first

A posts an offer. A week later A posts a revocation. B receives the offer and immediately accepts by telegram, and only later receives the revocation. Applying Byrne v Van Tienhoven:

1. AA contract was made only when B received the revocation
2. BThere was no contract, because offers by post can be revoked at any time
3. CThere was no contract, because the revocation was posted before B's acceptance was sent
4. DA contract was made when B accepted, because the revocation had not yet arrived

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