CONTRACT LAW CASES EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking 1971 - ....ANSWER ...-- Terms: reasonable
notice has to be given in order for terms to be valid
- Agreement: Vending machines = offer
Car park ticket case
Earl of Orkney v Vifra 1606 - ....ANSWER ...-Contract made under duress
= void
Reffles v Wichelhaus 1864 - ....ANSWER ...-"Peerless" case: error of
substantials = no contract
Muirhead & Turnbull v Dickson 1905 - ....ANSWER ...-- No consensus in
agreement (mutual error) = no contract
- Objective test used in contract interpretation
Buying a Piano: hire-purchase or instalments?
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, Loudon & Co v Hunter 1923 - ....ANSWER ...-Contractual capacity: insane
people cannot enter into contracts
Taylor v Provan 1864 - ....ANSWER ...-Contractual capacity: intoxicated
people can enter into contracts, if there's no "total alienation of reason"
Pollock v Burns 1875 - ....ANSWER ...-Contractual capacity: heavily
intoxicated people cannot enter into contracts
Everett v Williams 1725 - ....ANSWER ...-Enforceable obligations: illegal
contracts are not binding in court (ie: share profits of robbery)
Robertson v Anderson - ....ANSWER ...-Enforceable obligations: social
agreements = not enforceable
Chapleton v Barry UDC 1940 - ....ANSWER ...-Offer & acceptance can be
inferred;
Beach chair hire case
Pharmaceutical Society of GB v Boots UK Ltd 1953 - ....ANSWER ...-
Display of goods in shelf = not an offer
Drugs in shelf case
Fisher v Bell 1961 - ....ANSWER ...-Display of goods in shop window = not
an offer
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking 1971 - ....ANSWER ...-- Terms: reasonable
notice has to be given in order for terms to be valid
- Agreement: Vending machines = offer
Car park ticket case
Earl of Orkney v Vifra 1606 - ....ANSWER ...-Contract made under duress
= void
Reffles v Wichelhaus 1864 - ....ANSWER ...-"Peerless" case: error of
substantials = no contract
Muirhead & Turnbull v Dickson 1905 - ....ANSWER ...-- No consensus in
agreement (mutual error) = no contract
- Objective test used in contract interpretation
Buying a Piano: hire-purchase or instalments?
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, Loudon & Co v Hunter 1923 - ....ANSWER ...-Contractual capacity: insane
people cannot enter into contracts
Taylor v Provan 1864 - ....ANSWER ...-Contractual capacity: intoxicated
people can enter into contracts, if there's no "total alienation of reason"
Pollock v Burns 1875 - ....ANSWER ...-Contractual capacity: heavily
intoxicated people cannot enter into contracts
Everett v Williams 1725 - ....ANSWER ...-Enforceable obligations: illegal
contracts are not binding in court (ie: share profits of robbery)
Robertson v Anderson - ....ANSWER ...-Enforceable obligations: social
agreements = not enforceable
Chapleton v Barry UDC 1940 - ....ANSWER ...-Offer & acceptance can be
inferred;
Beach chair hire case
Pharmaceutical Society of GB v Boots UK Ltd 1953 - ....ANSWER ...-
Display of goods in shelf = not an offer
Drugs in shelf case
Fisher v Bell 1961 - ....ANSWER ...-Display of goods in shop window = not
an offer
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