Formation of a contract: offer and acceptance

CLA1501 Commercial Law IA · number 1 on the Spot Map

How often Formation of a contract: offer and acceptance is asked

7 of 7

papers asked it
avg 23 marks · last May 2018

Worth 2–10 marks when it appears as a written question, plus 62 multiple-choice items.

Where it was asked

First page of the May/Jun 2010 CLA1501 paperSee a real past paper — freeMay/Jun 2010 · 80 marks · the scan, as written

The questions

  1. May/Jun 2016, Q72 marks · multiple choice

    Candidates must decide in which one of four scenarios a valid contract came into being: (1) Agnes hires a professional caterer for a party of 15 invited guests, but forty minutes after the agreed time, 10 guests phone to say they will not attend, and Agnes wants to sue those guests for breach of contract; (2) James, extremely drunk, promises in front of witnesses at Litha's Bar to give Piet one of his cars if Piet repairs the broken windows of his house, but James later collapses and the next morning remembers nothing of the arrangement; (3) the organisers of the Rhino 2016 Rally offer Ron R900 000 if he can drive the 700 kilometres between Bloemfontein and Polokwane in one hour, and Ron accepts; (4) Tim and Bill agree that Tim will give Bill R100 and Bill will hand over his silver pen to Tim in exchange.Show the full question

  2. May/Jun 2016, Q92 marks · multiple choice

    Candidates must choose which one of the following statements regarding the formation of a valid contract is correct.Show the full question

  3. May/Jun 2016, Q102 marks · multiple choice

    Candidates must identify which one of the following statements about freedom of contract is incorrect.Show the full question

  4. May/Jun 2016, Q112 marks · multiple choice

    Mr and Mrs Bash invite 300 guests to their daughter's wedding reception and agree with Delicious Food Caterers that the cost will be calculated at R200 per guest. Because of this, they expressly state on the wedding invitation that no children are invited to the reception. Nevertheless, no fewer than 30 children attend, and Delicious Food Caterers charges Mr and Mrs Bash extra for these 30 additional guests. Candidates must choose which statement correctly describes the legal position.Show the full question

  5. May/Jun 2016, Q122 marks · multiple choice

    Candidates must identify which one of the listed relationships does NOT fall into a category of automatically presumed undue influence.Show the full question

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