Formation | OCR A-Level Law (H418)
Formation
- 35 questions
- 2 subtopics
- Component 4: The law of contract, one of the two third-paper options
- Component 4
How a binding agreement comes into existence..
It covers offer and acceptance and consideration, intention to create legal relations and privity.
Sample questions from Formation
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Offer and acceptance
When does acceptance by post take effect under the postal rule?
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Acceptance is effective when the letter is posted, not when it is received by the offeror. -
Offer and acceptance
How does failure of a condition terminate an offer?
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If an offer is made subject to a condition and that condition is not fulfilled, the offer terminates. -
Consideration, intention to create legal relations and privity
Is part payment of a debt good consideration for a promise to release the debtor from the balance?
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No, part payment of a debt is not good consideration for a promise to release the debtor from the balance owed. -
Consideration, intention to create legal relations and privity
What was decided in Tweddle v Atkinson (1861)?
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A son could not enforce his father-in-law's promise to his father to pay him money, because he was not a party to the contract and had given no consideration.
The 2 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Offer and acceptance | Recall questions on offers and invitations to treat, the mirror image rule and counter-offers, silence and the postal rule, and termination of an offer by revocation, rejection, lapse of time, death and failure of a condition. | 15 |
| Consideration, intention to create legal relations and privity | Recall questions on consideration, including past consideration, sufficiency, existing duties and part payment of a debt, promissory estoppel, the presumptions on intention to create legal relations in commercial and domestic agreements, and privity and the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. | 20 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
Nearby topics
OCR A-Level Law Active Recall Guide
Every topic, not just this one. 1,624 questions with their answers.