Contract Law - OCR A level Law Exam
with 100% correct answers 2025
Formation of a contract <correct answer>- offer
- acceptance
- consideration
- an intention to be legally bound
Offer <correct answer>a clear statmet of tearms of which a person choses to be bound
by this can be made orally or in writting.
Invitation to treat <correct answer>An indication that a person is willing to negotiate a
contract with another but they are not yet willing to make a legal offer
Offer case <correct answer>Payne V Cave: his bid amounted to an offer
Invitation to treat case <correct answer>Gibson v Manchester City Council: council used
the word "may" and did not state price of housing. therefore not an offer
Offer or Invitation to treat? <correct answer>- automatically through machines
- advertisements
- goods in a shop window or on a shelf
- lots at an auction
- request for information
Automatic through machines <correct answer>Offer
Automatic through machine case <correct answer>Thornton V Shoe Lane Parking
Advertisements <correct answer>Invitation to treat
,Advertisements case <correct answer>Partridge v Crittenden
Advertisements as offers case <correct answer>Carlil V Carbolic Smoke Ball: said that
if someone got influenza after using their product they'd pay £100 (even said they put
£1k in the bank for it).
offer
Goods in Shop Window <correct answer>Invitation to treat
Goods in Shop Window case <correct answer>Fisher V Bell: switch kifeee
Goods on Shop shelf <correct answer>Offer to BUY. can be rejected
Goods on Shop shelf case <correct answer>Pharmaceutical Society of GB V Boots:
invitation to treat - customers make offer to buy
Lots at an auction <correct answer>bidders make OFFERS to BUY but auctioners can
choose to accept or reject rendering the auction as an INVITATION to TREAT
Lots at an auction case <correct answer>British Car Auctions V Wright: invitation to
treat
Request for information <correct answer>NOT an offer
Request for information case <correct answer>Harvey V Facey
How long does an offer last? <correct answer>An offeror is allowed to specify any time
period in the offer itself
If no time is specified, then it remains open for a "reasonable" time.
, offer also comes to an end if accepted by another party
Communicated <correct answer>offers must be communicated for it to come into
existence at all
Communicated case <correct answer>Taylor V Laird: C had not communicated that
they were working extra.
no contract
How can an offer end <correct answer>- revocation
- rejection
- lapse of time
- death
- acceptance
Revocation case <correct answer>Dickson V Dodds: heard from reliable source that
offer ended (implied revocation)
Revocation must be communicated before acceptance case <correct answer>Byrne V
Van Tiehoven
Rejection case <correct answer>Hyde V Wrench: counter offer destroyed original offer
Lapse of Time case <correct answer>Ramsgate Victoria Hotel V Montefiore: offer
lapsed after a reasonable period of time. (share price fallen)
Death <correct answer>contracts can be enforced against a dead person's estate.
with 100% correct answers 2025
Formation of a contract <correct answer>- offer
- acceptance
- consideration
- an intention to be legally bound
Offer <correct answer>a clear statmet of tearms of which a person choses to be bound
by this can be made orally or in writting.
Invitation to treat <correct answer>An indication that a person is willing to negotiate a
contract with another but they are not yet willing to make a legal offer
Offer case <correct answer>Payne V Cave: his bid amounted to an offer
Invitation to treat case <correct answer>Gibson v Manchester City Council: council used
the word "may" and did not state price of housing. therefore not an offer
Offer or Invitation to treat? <correct answer>- automatically through machines
- advertisements
- goods in a shop window or on a shelf
- lots at an auction
- request for information
Automatic through machines <correct answer>Offer
Automatic through machine case <correct answer>Thornton V Shoe Lane Parking
Advertisements <correct answer>Invitation to treat
,Advertisements case <correct answer>Partridge v Crittenden
Advertisements as offers case <correct answer>Carlil V Carbolic Smoke Ball: said that
if someone got influenza after using their product they'd pay £100 (even said they put
£1k in the bank for it).
offer
Goods in Shop Window <correct answer>Invitation to treat
Goods in Shop Window case <correct answer>Fisher V Bell: switch kifeee
Goods on Shop shelf <correct answer>Offer to BUY. can be rejected
Goods on Shop shelf case <correct answer>Pharmaceutical Society of GB V Boots:
invitation to treat - customers make offer to buy
Lots at an auction <correct answer>bidders make OFFERS to BUY but auctioners can
choose to accept or reject rendering the auction as an INVITATION to TREAT
Lots at an auction case <correct answer>British Car Auctions V Wright: invitation to
treat
Request for information <correct answer>NOT an offer
Request for information case <correct answer>Harvey V Facey
How long does an offer last? <correct answer>An offeror is allowed to specify any time
period in the offer itself
If no time is specified, then it remains open for a "reasonable" time.
, offer also comes to an end if accepted by another party
Communicated <correct answer>offers must be communicated for it to come into
existence at all
Communicated case <correct answer>Taylor V Laird: C had not communicated that
they were working extra.
no contract
How can an offer end <correct answer>- revocation
- rejection
- lapse of time
- death
- acceptance
Revocation case <correct answer>Dickson V Dodds: heard from reliable source that
offer ended (implied revocation)
Revocation must be communicated before acceptance case <correct answer>Byrne V
Van Tiehoven
Rejection case <correct answer>Hyde V Wrench: counter offer destroyed original offer
Lapse of Time case <correct answer>Ramsgate Victoria Hotel V Montefiore: offer
lapsed after a reasonable period of time. (share price fallen)
Death <correct answer>contracts can be enforced against a dead person's estate.
