Implied Contract - Law of Contract - Past Exam, Exams of Contract Law

Download Implied Contract - Law of Contract - Past Exam and more Exams Contract Law in PDF only on Docsity! THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES EXAMINATIONS OF JULY 2011 CODE AND NAME OF COURSE: LAW1410— LAW OF CONTRACT I DATE AND TIME: DURATION: 2 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: This paper has 2 pagesand 6 questions. Answer any THREE (3) questions. Answers may be confined to the law of any jurisdiction in the Commonwealth Caribbean unless the context indicates otherwise. we . Discuss the proposition that only a party to a contract can sue on it. “If an agreement is to have contractual force, the obligations created by it must be sufficiently certain.” Critically discuss. Examine analytically the circumstances in which a term may be implied into a contract. Cheryl has just moved into her new home:and is on the look-out for reasonably-priced furniture. She spots Kevin’s advertisement in the local newspaper which states: “For sale on Saturday, 20" February, 2011, at 10.00.A.M - antique mahogany six-seater dining-room set. The highest bidder gets it.” Cheryl turns up at the sale and bids $50.00. Hers is the only bid, but since it is no where near the sum that he was hoping to get for the set, Kevin refuses to sell it to Cheryl. Later that day, while window-shopping, Cheryl sees a similar set in the store window of Matchstick Furniture Limited with a sticker price of $100.00. She goes in to purchase it but is informed by the attendant that that price is a mistake — it is actually $1,000.00 and she could not possibly sel] it at the lower price. PLEASE TURN OVER The University of the West Indies