Contract law worksheet with answers

Anticipatory breach occurs when:

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

An offeree asks whether the offeror would accept delivery in two parts, without rejecting the original terms. This is:

1. AA counter-offer
2. BA revocation
3. CAn acceptance
4. DA request for information

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

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

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

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

An actor withdraws from a TV film and the company cannot prove what profit the film would have made. It may claim:

1. AIts estimated profits from the film, even if they are purely speculative
2. BOnly nominal damages of a small sum
3. CPunitive damages to deter the actor
4. DIts wasted expenditure, including costs incurred before the contract

A hotel guest sees an exclusion notice in her room only after booking and paying at reception. Under Olley v Marlborough Court Hotel, the notice is:

1. ABinding from the second night onwards
2. BNot part of the contract, because it came after formation
3. CPart of the contract, because she stayed in the room
4. DPart of the contract, because hotels may exclude liability

A former spy publishes his memoirs in breach of his undertaking not to disclose official information. In AG v Blake, the House of Lords:

1. AAwarded only nominal damages
2. BHeld that no remedy was available
3. CAwarded punitive damages to the Crown
4. DOrdered him to account for his profits, in an exceptional case

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, as an implied duty of good faith
3. CEnforceable only if made in writing
4. DEnforceable as a lock-out agreement