AQA_2024: A-level Law - Paper 3A
Contract.
(Merged Question Paper and Marking Scheme)
Please write clearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signat ure
I declare this is my own work.
A-level
LAW
Paper 3A Contract
Monday 10 June 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
You will need no other materials.
Question Mark
Instructions 1–5
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 6
Answer all questions. You must answer the questions in the spaces 7
provided. Do not write on blank pages. 8
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
9
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to 10
be marked. 11
Questions should be answered in continuous prose. Give reasoned
TOTAL
answers. Where appropriate, make reference to cases, statutes and
examples.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
,For A-Level Law - Paper 3A: Contract, focus on these key areas:
1. Formation of a Contract:
Offer and Acceptance: Understand the difference between offers and invitations to treat, and how
acceptance forms a contract.
Consideration: Know the need for consideration (something of value) in contracts, with exceptions like
promises in deeds.
Intention to Create Legal Relations: Distinguish between social/domestic and commercial agreements.
2. Terms of the Contract:
Express and Implied Terms: Recognize how terms are incorporated and their distinction.
Conditions vs. Warranties: Know the consequences of breaching a condition (contract termination) vs
a warranty (damages).
Exclusion Clauses: Understand the rules about excluding or limiting liability.
3. Vitiating Factors:
Misrepresentation: Types (fraudulent, negligent, innocent) and remedies.
Mistake: Effects of mutual, unilateral, and common mistakes.
Duress and Undue Influence: How pressure or coercion affects contracts.
4. Breach of Contract:
Types of Breach: Actual and anticipatory breach.
Remedies: Damages, specific performance, and injunctions.
5. Discharge of a Contract:
Performance, Agreement, Frustration, and Breach: Know how contracts are ended.
These key concepts help in understanding contract law, essential for exam success.
IB/G/Jun24/G4004/E6 7162/3A
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Do not write
outside the
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
Only one answer per question is allowed.
For each question completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer.
CORRECT METHOD WRONG METHODS
If you want to change your answer you must cross out your original answer as shown.
If you wish to return to an answer previously crossed out, ring the answer you now wish to select
as shown.
0 1 Select the false statement about forming a contract.
[1 mark]
A A request for further information in response to an offer is not a
rejection of the offer.
B An offeror is entitled to specify a precise way in which the offer may
be accepted.
C The consideration supplied by one party to a contract must be
approximately equal in value to that supplied by the other party.
D There is a presumption that family members do not intend to create
legal relations when making agreements with each other.
0 2 Select the true statement about various aspects of the law of contract.
[1 mark]
A Breach of a term which is a warranty does not entitle the innocent
party to terminate the contract.
B Express terms in a contract are more important than implied terms.
C Proof of economic duress terminates a contract.
D Rules of law on the effect of termination of a contract by frustration
prevent parties from recovering any money already paid under the
contract.
IB/G/Jun24/7162/3A
, 3
Do not write
outside the
0 3 box
In the context of delegated legislation, which of the following is most closely involved in the
creation of statutory instruments?
[1 mark]
A Government ministers
B Local councils
C The European Union
D The Supreme Court
0 4 A member state of the European Union is not properly implementing EU law.
Which institution is responsible for beginning legal action against that state?
[1 mark]
A The Council of the European Union
B The Court of Justice of the European Union
C The European Commission
D The European Parliament
0 5 Which of the following is not normally considered to be an aspect of the rule of law?
[1 mark]
A A defendant in a criminal trial must be offered proper legal
representation.
B Each person is equal before the law and has the same legal rights
and obligations.
C The House of Lords may propose amendments to a Bill.
D The independence of judges should be protected. 5
Turn over for the next question
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IB/G/Jun24/7162/3A
Contract.
(Merged Question Paper and Marking Scheme)
Please write clearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signat ure
I declare this is my own work.
A-level
LAW
Paper 3A Contract
Monday 10 June 2024 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
You will need no other materials.
Question Mark
Instructions 1–5
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 6
Answer all questions. You must answer the questions in the spaces 7
provided. Do not write on blank pages. 8
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
9
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to 10
be marked. 11
Questions should be answered in continuous prose. Give reasoned
TOTAL
answers. Where appropriate, make reference to cases, statutes and
examples.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
,For A-Level Law - Paper 3A: Contract, focus on these key areas:
1. Formation of a Contract:
Offer and Acceptance: Understand the difference between offers and invitations to treat, and how
acceptance forms a contract.
Consideration: Know the need for consideration (something of value) in contracts, with exceptions like
promises in deeds.
Intention to Create Legal Relations: Distinguish between social/domestic and commercial agreements.
2. Terms of the Contract:
Express and Implied Terms: Recognize how terms are incorporated and their distinction.
Conditions vs. Warranties: Know the consequences of breaching a condition (contract termination) vs
a warranty (damages).
Exclusion Clauses: Understand the rules about excluding or limiting liability.
3. Vitiating Factors:
Misrepresentation: Types (fraudulent, negligent, innocent) and remedies.
Mistake: Effects of mutual, unilateral, and common mistakes.
Duress and Undue Influence: How pressure or coercion affects contracts.
4. Breach of Contract:
Types of Breach: Actual and anticipatory breach.
Remedies: Damages, specific performance, and injunctions.
5. Discharge of a Contract:
Performance, Agreement, Frustration, and Breach: Know how contracts are ended.
These key concepts help in understanding contract law, essential for exam success.
IB/G/Jun24/G4004/E6 7162/3A
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
Only one answer per question is allowed.
For each question completely fill in the circle alongside the appropriate answer.
CORRECT METHOD WRONG METHODS
If you want to change your answer you must cross out your original answer as shown.
If you wish to return to an answer previously crossed out, ring the answer you now wish to select
as shown.
0 1 Select the false statement about forming a contract.
[1 mark]
A A request for further information in response to an offer is not a
rejection of the offer.
B An offeror is entitled to specify a precise way in which the offer may
be accepted.
C The consideration supplied by one party to a contract must be
approximately equal in value to that supplied by the other party.
D There is a presumption that family members do not intend to create
legal relations when making agreements with each other.
0 2 Select the true statement about various aspects of the law of contract.
[1 mark]
A Breach of a term which is a warranty does not entitle the innocent
party to terminate the contract.
B Express terms in a contract are more important than implied terms.
C Proof of economic duress terminates a contract.
D Rules of law on the effect of termination of a contract by frustration
prevent parties from recovering any money already paid under the
contract.
IB/G/Jun24/7162/3A
, 3
Do not write
outside the
0 3 box
In the context of delegated legislation, which of the following is most closely involved in the
creation of statutory instruments?
[1 mark]
A Government ministers
B Local councils
C The European Union
D The Supreme Court
0 4 A member state of the European Union is not properly implementing EU law.
Which institution is responsible for beginning legal action against that state?
[1 mark]
A The Council of the European Union
B The Court of Justice of the European Union
C The European Commission
D The European Parliament
0 5 Which of the following is not normally considered to be an aspect of the rule of law?
[1 mark]
A A defendant in a criminal trial must be offered proper legal
representation.
B Each person is equal before the law and has the same legal rights
and obligations.
C The House of Lords may propose amendments to a Bill.
D The independence of judges should be protected. 5
Turn over for the next question
Turn over ►
IB/G/Jun24/7162/3A
