CONTRACT LAW EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CONTRACT LAW EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


CONTRACT - ....ANSWER ...-AN AGREEMENT MADE BETWEEN

TWO OR MORE PEOPLE/PARTIES THAT CREATE A LEGAL

OBLIGATION


Offer - ....ANSWER ...-A legal promise to be bound without more if the

offerree agrees to the offer terms


Offeror - ....ANSWER ...-The party who makes the contractual offer


Offeree - ....ANSWER ...-The party who receives the contractual offer


Justice Blackburn: There must be intention on both sides to form a contract and if

it exist then the contract essentially is binding provided the other criterias are met -

....ANSWER ...-Smith v Hughes 1871


MR Lord Denning: Parties to negotiation by means of their conduct make it clear

that they do intend to be bound even if there are other terms to be agreed upon -

....ANSWER ...-Storer v Manchester City Council 1974



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,Bi - Lateral Contract - ....ANSWER ...-An exchange for promise


Uni- Lateral Contract - ....ANSWER ...-A promise in exchange for an act


Which case ruled that an offer can be made to an individual person or the whole

world - ....ANSWER ...-Carlil v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co 1893


Invitation to Treat - ....ANSWER ...-Statements that stimulate interest and

are not capable of acceptance

What case ruled: A statement is an invitation to treat not capable of offer -

....ANSWER ...-Gibson v Manchester City Council (HOL)


Invitation to treat (Advertisement - birds) - ....ANSWER ...-Partridge v

Crittenden


Invitation to treat (Advertisement - medical) - ....ANSWER ...-Carlil v

Carbolic Smoke Ball Co

Lord Herschel - The seller must be protected where the demand for the product

could be greater than the supply - ....ANSWER ...-Grainger & Sons v Gough


a seller of goods must be free to give info about their goods and services without

finding themselves contractually bound - ....ANSWER ...-Harris v Nickerson




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, Display of Goods (Pharmacy) - ....ANSWER ...-Pharmaceutical Society of

Great Britain v Boots Cash Chemists

Which cas ruled: A customer makes an offer to a cashier and acceptance is when

payment is taken - ....ANSWER ...-Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v

Boots Cash Chemists 1953


Display of Goods (Shop window) - ....ANSWER ...-Fisher v Bell


The display of an article in a shop window is an invitation to treat -

....ANSWER ...-Fisher v Bell


Offer is made by the bidder, acceptance by the auctioneer, The bidder may

withdraw at anytime before the hammer falls - ....ANSWER ...-Payne v

Cayne

A sale by an auction is complete when the auctioneer announces the auction

complete by the fall of the hammer or any other conventional manner , the bidder

or auctioneer can always change their mind before the completion. -

....ANSWER ...-Sales of Goods Act 1979 s 57(2)


Obiter Dicta - w/out reserve neither the vendor and/or the seller is allowed to bid

and there is a promise to sell to the highest bidder, regardless of whether the

intended price has been reached - ....ANSWER ...-Warlow v Harrison




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