Law of Contract overview quiz - WJEC A-Level Law quiz

Agreement, consideration and intention to create legal relations

Actus reus, mens rea and the absence of any valid defence

Duty of care, breach of duty and resulting damage

Offer, acceptance and the use of force on a person

A reward promised to anyone who returns a lost dog

Goods displayed for sale on a shop shelf

A signed written promise to sell a specific car

A unilateral promise made to the whole world in Carlill

When the offeror actually opens and reads the letter

When the acceptance is dictated to a secretary

Only after the offeror confirms receipt in writing

When the letter of acceptance is properly posted

It destroys the original offer, which can no longer be accepted

It automatically forms a binding contract on the new terms

It has no effect and the original offer remains open

It is merely a request for information about the offer

Only damages, with the contract continuing in force

Repudiation of the contract and a claim for damages

An automatic order of specific performance

Nothing, because conditions cannot be breached

The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 for business sales

The Misrepresentation Act 1967 on false statements

The Consumer Rights Act 2015

The Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943

Proving the other party read and understood the clause

Showing the clause is fair under the Consumer Rights Act

Establishing that damages would be an adequate remedy

Incorporation of the clause into the contract

A statement made knowingly, without belief in its truth, or recklessly

A statement made without reasonable grounds for believing it true

A statement made with an honest and reasonable belief it was true

A genuine statement of opinion about a future matter

Damages in the tort of deceit only

Specific performance of the contract

Rescission, subject to the bars

An award of exemplary damages

Any partial performance always entitles a party to full payment

Performance must be complete and exact (the entire obligations rule)

Performance is never required once a contract is signed

A party may stop performing whenever it becomes inconvenient

Whenever performance becomes more expensive than expected

Where a party simply changes their mind about the contract

Where the contract turns out to be a bad bargain

Where an unforeseen event makes performance impossible or radically different

A declaration in advance that a party will not perform

A minor breach of a warranty during performance

A breach that the innocent party fails to mitigate

A breach caused by a frustrating event beyond control

To punish the party who broke the contract

To put the claimant in the position as if the contract was performed

To strip the defendant of any profit made from the breach

To restore the claimant only to their pre-contract position

That the claimant has signed the contract in writing

That the loss arises naturally or was in the parties' contemplation

That the defendant intended to cause the loss

That the loss was suffered within a fixed time limit

For any breach of contract as the standard remedy

For contracts of personal service requiring supervision

Where damages are inadequate, as for a sale of land

Only where the claimant has acted dishonestly