Legal Method

Nottingham Law School

Academic Division

CONTRACT LAW PRACTICE EXAM QUESTION

Instructions for students:

You are required to prepare an answer to the following question. In

order to gain the best opportunity to practice your exam technique, it is

required that you produce your answer in no more than 45 minutes.

Your answer must be handed in at your Contract Seminar 15 in week

commencing 11th January 2016.

Please note that if you fail to hand your answer in at this seminar your

tutor will not be required to mark or to provide feedback on your work.

On 20th November Keith, the owner of conference hall, entered into a contract

with Tech Ltd. The contract price was £15,000 under which Tech Ltd agreed to

install a new high-tech multimedia projection system. It was agreed that the

system had to be installed by 20th December in time for it be used for a large

conference on e-learning booked by the national federation of teachers on 22nd

December.

On 15th December Tech Ltd informed Keith that due to problems in finding special

electricians they would not be able to complete the installation until 5th January.

Keith reluctantly agreed to pay Tech Ltd an extra £2,000 to allow them to hire

additional electricians to ensure that the installation was completed on time and

to avoid having to cancel the conference. Tech Ltd hired extra electricians and

worked longer hours to complete the installation as agreed on 20th December.

Keith also entered into a contract with Office Ltd who agreed to supply twenty

flipcharts for the conference. The contract price was £1,000 and the flipcharts

were delivered on 21st December.

On 22nd December, one of Keith’s employees fell ill and was unable to hand out

welcome packs to the delegates. Keith approached his friend Simon, who often

helped out at conferences, and asked whether he would step in and hand out the

welcome packs. Simon agreed and handed out the materials. The next day Keith

promised to pay Simon £50...