Contract Law-Acceptance Quiz

Which of the following could give rise to a unilateral contract?

• In return for B promising to run a marathon, A will sponsor B £500.

• In return for B completing a marathon, A will sponsor B £500.

• Both of the options given are correct.

• None of the options given is correct.

In which of the following situations would B be entitled to the reward given in the offer of the contract on completion of the required act?

• B reads a poster on a lamp-post offering a reward of £50 for finding a lost cat, 'Lucky'. B later finds the cat and returns it to its owner.

• B finds a lost dog and takes it to a pet rescue centre. The dog is subsequently reunited with its owner. B later finds an advertisement in a newspaper of a £100 reward for the return of the dog.

• B finds a lost dog and takes it to the police. B expects a reward from the owner for finding the dog. The dog is then returned to the owner. One week later, B finds out that the owner had sent flyers around the neighbourhood offering a £75 reward for finding the dog.

• All of the options given would entitle B to the reward.

In which of the following situations would the courts most likely prevent A from revoking the offer of a unilateral contract?

• A promises to pay B an extra £500, on top of the £50,000 B has received from other sponsors m, if B completes a walk of the Cheviot Hills. Before B sets off on the walk, A telephones B to tell B that he revokes the offer

• A promises B to pay B £1000 if B can change the specifications of his car such that the car can complete a lap of a race course in 5 minutes. A revokes his offer during the lap.

• A promises B to double the amount he is willing to sponsor B for running a marathon if B raised a level of sponsorship which A seems impressive. After B has raised £1400, A states he is unwilling to keep to the agreement

In which of the following situations would communication of an acceptance likely be required?

• A college writes to its 500 students offering them one-to-one tuition with a famous professor if any of them get a mark above 80% in their mock examination.

• A circus writes in a newspaper that it will provide a reward to the first 10 people who inform the circus that they have access to a three-legged animal.

• A circus states in one of its flyers that it will provide free entry to anyone who turns up dressed as a clown.

• All of the options given would require the communication of an acceptance.

A shipper of goods says to a firm of stevedores, "If you will unload my goods off the ship, I promise you that your liability shall be limited to £500." In which of the following situations would the stevedores' liability be limited to £500?

• One of the stevedores accidentally starts the engine and crashes the ship, destroying the cargo.

• Whilst writing a list of the goods on the ship, one of the stevedores trips and destroys a £2000 vase.

• One stevedore falls and breaks £1000 worth of goods when he unloads his second box.

• All of the answers are correct.

A finds a lost dog on the street and takes it to B's house. B informs A that it belongs to C and so A takes the dog to C. C offered a reward of £100 for the dog. In which scenario(s) can it be expected that A would not be able to claim the reward?

• A only finds out about the reward after the dog is returned to C.

• A week earlier, A overheard C say to B that C would give anyone who found the dog £100.

• When A took the dog to B's house, B showed A a flyer from C offering a reward of £100 to anyone who finds the missing dog.

• A saw a flyer offering a reward for the return of the dog as she knocks on C's door.

In Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co, which factors led the court to the conclusion that a unilateral contract had been formed?

• Mrs Carlill used the ball for two weeks m, as requested in the advertisement.

• The advertisement stated that £1000 had been deposited with a bank.

• The offer was made to the public

• All of the options given are correct