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297 played - 12 yrs ago

A quiz about the doctrine of consideration in English contract law

 

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Question 1 / 30

What is the function of consideration?

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Question 2 / 30

What is the consideration in a unilateral contract?

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Question 3 / 30

Which case defined what a valuable consideration is?

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Question 4 / 30

Which of these statements is not true of consideration?

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Question 5 / 30

What is the basis to the idea that consideration need not be adequate?

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Question 6 / 30

Which case held that performance of a pre-existing duty is not good consideration?

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Question 7 / 30

Which case held that performance of a pre-existing duty can constitute good consideration if there is some factual benefit to the promisor and there is no duress?

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Question 8 / 30

Which case relates to the idea that there is no consideration if the benefit moves from a third party?

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Question 9 / 30

Which case relates to the idea that there is consideration even where the benefit is received by a third party?

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Question 10 / 30

What is the general rule relating to past consideration?

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Question 11 / 30

Which of these is not an exception to the doctrine of past consideration?

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Question 12 / 30

What happens where there has been no performance at all?

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Question 13 / 30

What happens where there has been performance by one party?

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Question 14 / 30

What happens where goods are defective?

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Question 15 / 30

Which case relates to part payment of debt not being good consideration?

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Question 16 / 30

What must there be for part payment of debt to be valid?

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Question 17 / 30

What is promissory estoppel?

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Question 18 / 30

Which of these is not a type of estoppel?

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Question 19 / 30

What is the leading case to do with promissory estoppel?

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Question 20 / 30

What are the requirements of promissory estoppel?

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Question 21 / 30

Which case relates to the idea that promissory estoppel gives no new rights?

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Question 22 / 30

Which case relates to the idea that the buyer may claim damages if the buyer refuses to take delivery after time for delivery has been extended?

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Question 23 / 30

Which case supports the idea that promissory estoppel does not extinguish rights?

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Question 24 / 30

What did Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd [2007] hold?

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Question 25 / 30

Which of these is not a criticism of consideration?

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Question 26 / 30

Which two cases may be cited as support for the idea that consideration can lead to inconsistencies?

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Question 27 / 30

What case did Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd [2007] build on?

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Question 28 / 30

What does promissory estoppel do?

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Question 29 / 30

With regards to promissory estoppel it is enforced where insisting on strict legal rights would be... .

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Question 30 / 30

When was the word estoppel first used?

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