Chapter 27 End of Chapter Questions

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. Which of the following does the 'expectation interest' hope to compensate?

The claimant's wasted expenditure correct incorrect

The profit the claimant hoped to make from the contract correct incorrect

Losses made from the contract, excluding consequential loss correct incorrect

None of the given options is correct correct incorrect

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. A cinema has seats for 60 people to see an exclusive screening of a new movie. Each customer has entered into a contract to pay for the tickets when they arrive to see the movie. Each seat can only be sold for £50. Customers were chosen from a raffle of those people who answered a competition question correctly. Some customers were also chosen to wait on standby for tickets to become available. A decides he does not want to go and so phones the cinema to tell them that he will not be attending. The cinema believes that A is in breach of contract and demands payment. What damages is the cinema likely to be entitled to?

The price of the ticket correct incorrect

The profit from selling a ticket correct incorrect

Probably no more than £5 correct incorrect

Nothing correct incorrect

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. A contracts for B to take a group of students to London to perform on a variety show. A is to receive £10,000 for the performance. The contract details the places the students are to be taken to eat, with A wishing to make sure the students are well nourished before taking part in the show. B ignores the contract and takes the students to a pizza restaurant near to the hotel they are staying in. The following day it is clear that over 75% of the students have food poisoning and are too ill to take part in the show. A sues B for breach of contract. How are damages likely to be calculated?

A should recover for his expectation loss correct incorrect

Only nominal damages should be awarded as the acts of the pizza restaurant were a novus actus interveniens correct incorrect

A should not recover anything. correct incorrect

None of the options given are correct correct incorrect

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. In assessing damages, at what point should the foreseeability of loss be assessed?

At the point of the letter of intent to contract, or otherwise the start of negotiations correct incorrect

At the point of contract formation correct incorrect

At the point of breach correct incorrect

At the time of trial correct incorrect

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. In which of the following cases is contributory negligence a defence to breach of contract?

Where a defendant is in breach of a strict contractual duty correct incorrect

Where the defendant is in breach of a contractual duty of care correct incorrect

Where the defendant is in breach of a contractual duty of care and would also be liable in the tort of negligence correct incorrect

All of the options given are correct. correct incorrect

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. A hires B to build a greenhouse in his garden. The greenhouse is to be 6m x 2m. In breach of contract, B builds the greenhouse to be 5.5m x 1.5m. The original greenhouse had a market value of £5000. The greenhouse built has a market value of £4500. Even at the smaller size, A could fit all she needed into the greenhouse. The cost of altering the size of the greenhouse would be £6000. What is the likely sum that A can recover for breach of contract?

Nominal damages correct incorrect

£500 correct incorrect

£2500 correct incorrect

£6000 correct incorrect

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. Match the reason for the lost chance to the conduct of the courts in assessing a claim for damages.

Conduct of a third party

Loss of a chance Balance of probabilities

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Conduct of the claimant

Balance of probabilities Loss of a chance

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. A wished to employ a new manager for his multinational business. A interviewed B and thought she was the best person for the job. B was from the United States and so both parties knew there had to be right to work checks done and conflict checks done before A could provide B with a contract to sign. Eventually, B signed the contract and subsequently did the mandatory training. On her start date, she did not turn up to the office and did not ever begin employment. What damages is A likely to recover

The cost of the checks done correct incorrect

The cost of the mandatory training correct incorrect

Both the cost of the checks done and the mandatory training correct incorrect

Nothing correct incorrect