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Consideration
created by
Diamondsa…
on 12 May 12
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(36% of success)
30 questions - 291 players
A quiz about the doctrine of consideration in English contract law
1
What is the function of consideration?
Restriction of non-gratuitous promises
So that you cannot accept offers
That I give so that you may give
That there are no formal restrictions
To restrict contract law
2
What is the consideration in a unilateral contract?
The benefit to the party making the promise
That you get money for your promise
That there is an exchange of goods
That there is some right or interest exchanged
That you get your dog back and some money as well
3
Which case defined what a valuable consideration is?
Stilk v Myrick
Williams v Roffey Bros
Currie v Misa (1875)
Barber v Fox (1682)
Re Wyvern Developments Ltd [1974]
4
Which of these statements is not true of consideration?
That it must move to the promisor
Needs not be adequate
Must be of some value
Must move from the promisee
Needs not to move to the promisor
5
What is the basis to the idea that consideration need not be adequate?
Free market economy
That promises can be gratuitous
That you want to sell something for whatever price you choose
That people should be prevented from having their goods sold below value
Closed market economy
6
Which case held that performance of a pre-existing duty is not good consideration?
Williams v Roffey Bros [1991]
Stilk v Myrick (1809)
Pao On v Lau Yin Long
Foakes v Beer (1884)
D & C Builders v Rees [1966]
7
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?
Williams v Roffey Bros [1991]
Stilk v Myrick (1809)
Collier v Wright
Hughes v Metropolitan Raiway
Tungsten v Tool Metal
8
Which case relates to the idea that there is no consideration if the benefit moves from a third party?
Stilk v Myrick
Re Wyvern Developments Ltd [1974]
Collier v Wright
Barber v Fox (1682)
Williams v Roffey Bros
9
Which case relates to the idea that there is consideration even where the benefit is received by a third party?
Re Wyvern Developments Ltd [1974]
Stilk v Myick
Barber v Fox (1682)
Currie v Misa (1875)
Williams v Roffey Bros
10
What is the general rule relating to past consideration?
Past consideration is not good consideration
Where there is no promise there is no consideration
Past consideration is valid where the act was done on request of the promisee
Past consideration is always good consideration
Past consideration is part of a contractual term
11
Which of these is not an exception to the doctrine of past consideration?
The act has been done on request of the promisor
The parties agreed that payment should follow
That murder can never constitute consideration
Payment would have been legally enforceable had it been promised in advance
The amount of money was not spoken about
12
What happens where there has been no performance at all?
One party keeps the money so there is good consideration
Performance should be rewound
Performance has been defective
Either party gives up the right to performance but is liberated herself so there is good consideration
One party gives up their rights but the other does not so there is good consideration
13
What happens where there has been performance by one party?
Performance shall be rewound
Either party gives up the right to performance but is liberated themselves
One party keeps the money
The goods are defective
One party performs for nothing in return
14
What happens where goods are defective?
There must be separate consideration (accord and satisfaction)
There is a benefit to both the parties
There is no consideration
One party keeps the money so there is no consideration
Nothing
15
Which case relates to part payment of debt not being good consideration?
Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd [2007]
Stilk v Myrick
Foakes v Beer (1884)
Barber v Fox (1682)
Re Wyvern Developments Ltd [1974]
16
What must there be for part payment of debt to be valid?
No consideration
A formal contract
A reasonable amount paid
Separate consideration
The contract involves pigs only
17
What is promissory estoppel?
One party is stopped from bringing a claim against the other party
Past consideration is not good consideration
There must be separate consideration
You are always able to bring to a claim
A promise to stop contracting with other people
18
Which of these is not a type of estoppel?
Working
Promissory
Proprietary
Representation
Convention
19
What is the leading case to do with promissory estoppel?
Rogers v Parish Ltd (1987)
Walker
Hughes v Metropolitan Railway (1877)
Roland v Victor (1923)
City v Mudd
20
What are the requirements of promissory estoppel?
Clear promise not to enforce legal rights and reliance by the promisee
Insisting on strict legal rights
Suspending current rights
Giving new rights
Extinguishing rights and then enforcing them
21
Which case relates to the idea that promissory estoppel gives no new rights?
Combe v Combe [1951]
Harley v Hymans [1920]
Hughes v Metropolitan Railway
Tungsten v Tool Metal Manufacturing [1955]
Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd [2007]
22
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?
Harley v Hymans [1920]
Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd
Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd [2007]
Combe v Combe [1951]
Hughes v Metropolitan Railway
23
Which case supports the idea that promissory estoppel does not extinguish rights?
Combe v Combe [1951]
Harley v Hymas [1920]
Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd [2007]
Tungsten v Tool Metal Manufacturing [1955]
Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd
24
What did Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd [2007] hold?
That promissory estoppel may allow part payment of debt
That past consideration is never good consideration
That part payment of debt is not supported by consideration
That allowing part payment of debt would be inequitable
That the creditor has the right to ask for the rest of the money
25
Which of these is not a criticism of consideration?
Restriction to agreements the rationale of which is hard to understand
Leads to attempts to escape the straight jacket
Leads to inconsistencies
That it does not apply to electronic contracts
26
Which two cases may be cited as support for the idea that consideration can lead to inconsistencies?
Williams v Roffey and Foakes v Beer
Currie v Misa and Stilk v Myrick
Williams v Roffey and Barber v Fox
Re Wyvern Developments Ltd and Lampleigh v Braithwait
Re Casey's Patent and Pao On v Lau Yin Long
27
What case did Collier v P & MJ Wright (Holdings) Ltd [2007] build on?
Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd [1947]
Hughes v Metropolitan Railways
Tungsten v Tool Metal Manufacturing [1955]
Foakes v Beer (1884)
D & C Builders v Rees [1966]
28
What does promissory estoppel do?
Gives new rights
Prevents rights from being enforced
Creates an equitable remedy
Allows new rights to be created
Suspends rights
29
With regards to promissory estoppel it is enforced where insisting on strict legal rights would be... .
Equitable
Good consideration
Not allowed in law
A breach of the Sales of Goods Act 1979
Inequitable
30
When was the word estoppel first used?
1531
1200
1583
1057
1044
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