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BCL – Nov 2024 – L1 – Q4c – Contractual Obligations of a Minor

Legal validity of a contract involving a minor performing services for payment.

Question

Amevo is a minor and a professional dancer. He entered into a contract to perform a series of dances for GH¢5,000 an hour per night of performance. The rule as accepted was that failure to perform in one series without reasonable excuse would incur a percentage deduction from his earnings at subsequent performances. Amevo failed to perform at one of the series. His attention was drawn to the rule, but he now thinks the deduction should not be made.

Required:
Advise Amevo.

Answer

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Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: Nov 2024

BL – Nov 2012 – L1 – SA – Q6 – Contract Law

Identify a minor term in a contract.

Question

State the term of a contract which is minor or which is ancillary to a major term.

Answer

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Tags: Contracts, Minor Terms, Warranties
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: NOV 2012

BL – Nov 2012 – L1 – SA – Q1 – Contract Law

Identify the cardinal rules of interpretation in law.

Question

The cardinal rules of interpretation are the literal rule, Ejusdem generis rule, and _________.

Answer

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Tags: Legal Concepts, Rules of Interpretation
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: NOV 2012

BL – Nov 2012 – L1 – SA – Q19 – Contract Law

Identify the legal activity that an undischarged bankrupt is not incapacitated from doing.

Question

An undischarged bankrupt is NOT legally incapacitated to do ONE of the following:

A. To marry a wife
B. To be elected into an elective office
C. To be appointed to or to act in the office of a Justice of Peace
D. To be appointed as a trustee of a trust estate
E. To be admitted to serve on a governing board of a statutory institution

Answer

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Tags: Bankruptcy, Legal Incapacities
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: NOV 2012

BL – May 2014 – L1 – SB – Q2B – Contract Law

Identifying five ways a contract can be discharged.

Question

Contractual obligations and rights arising from a contract can be discharged in various ways.
You are required to state FIVE ways by which a contract may be discharged.

Answer

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Tags: Contract Law, Discharge of Contracts
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: MAY 2014

BL – May 2014 – L1 – SA – Q5 – Contract Law

Identifying the remedy requiring the breaching party to perform their obligations.

Question

The remedy or an order by a court ordering a party who breached an agreement to perform his obligations under the contract is known as ____________.

Answer

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Tags: Contracts, Remedies, Specific Performance
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: MAY 2014

BL – May 2014 – L1 – SA – Q4 – Contract Law

Identifying the term for a contract breach entitling only damages.

Question

The ordinary term of a contract which entitles the aggrieved party to sue only for damages and not rescission of the agreement is a ____________.

Answer

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Tags: Breach, Contracts, Damages
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: MAY 2014

BL – May 2014 – L1 – SA – Q11 – Contract Law

Identifying when the court may lift the veil of incorporation.

Question

Under the common law, the veil of incorporation will NOT be lifted where the company:
A. Has been formed for fraudulent or illegal purposes
B. Operates as an agent of shareholders
C. Trades with alien enemies
D. Engages in acts that are detrimental to public interest
E. Engages in completely ultra vires activities

Answer

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Tags: Corporate Liability, Illegal Purpose, Lifting the Veil
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: MAY 2014

BL – Nov 2021 – L1 – SA – Q11 – Contract Law

Identifying the type of contract negotiated on social media.

Question

Emeka and Ngozi negotiated and entered into a contract using Facebook throughout. What kind of contract is this?
A. Facebook contract
B. Unenforceable contract
C. Contract pending signature
D. Social media contract
E. Electronic contract

Answer

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Tags: Contract Law, Electronic Contract, Social Media
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: NOV 2021

BL – Nov 2022 – L1 – SA – Q7 – Contract Law

Defining the act that constitutes theft under the Criminal Code.

Question

Which of the following is classified as an act of theft under the Criminal Code?

A. Acquisition of property
B. Conversion of property
C. Assumption of property
D. Presumption of property
E. Disposal of property

Answer

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Tags: Criminal Law, Theft
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: NOV 2022

BCL – May 2017 – L1 – Q6c – Company Law

State the circumstances under which the Registrar of Companies will refuse to register the proposed regulations of a company.

Question

c) State the circumstances under which the Registrar of Companies shall refuse to register the proposed Regulations of a company. (6 marks)

Answer

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Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: MAY 2017

BCL – May 2017 – L1 – Q6b – Company Law

Explain the concept of legal personality of a company in a scenario of ownership disputes among friends.

Question

b) Three friends pooled their resources to form a company. After some time and while the company was running, differences arose among them. Each claimed ownership of the company.

Required: Explain the concept of legal personality of a Company in the light of the above facts. (7 marks)

Answer

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Tags: Company Law, Dispute Resolution, Legal Personality, Ownership
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: MAY 2017

BCL – May 2017 – L1 – Q4b – Contract Law

Discuss the legality of withdrawing a promise to keep an offer open for a specified period under Ghanaian law.

Question

b) ‘A promise to keep an offer open for a specified period can be withdrawn by the promisor before the expiration of the period’

Required: Explain whether this is a true position of the law in Ghana now. (8 marks)

Answer

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Tags: Consideration, Contract Law, Offer and Acceptance, Withdrawal of Offer
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: MAY 2017

BCL – May 2017 – L1 – Q2 – Contract Law

Evaluate the likelihood of success for legal actions based on an advertisement offering a reward for product effectiveness.

Question

On 20 November 2015, the ‘Daily Graphic Newspaper’ advertised a promotion sale for Dabenda Company Limited stating that the Company’s “Miracle Balm” was capable of treating boils and foot-rot and that whoever bought the product and used it per the prescription without the boils and foot-rot disappearing would be entitled to GH¢200.00. Pursuant to that promise, the Company gave a standing order to its bankers on that pledge. The promotion sale was due to end on 19 November 2016.

Madam Akua Mansah heard of the advertisement and bought one of the balms. She used it according to the prescription and also applied some of the cream to her 14-year-old daughter who had similar problems but their boils and foot-rot still persisted. She intends to sue the Company.

Required:

i) Explain whether Madam Akua Mansah is likely to succeed with her intended action. (10 marks)

ii) Madam Akua Mansah’s daughter also intends to take action against the company. Explain her chances, if any. (10 marks)

Answer

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Tags: Advertisement, Consideration, Contract Law, Legal Capacity, Offer and Acceptance
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: MAY 2017

BCL – May 2017 – L1 – Q1c – Contract Law

Define a ‘condition’ and ‘warranty’ in contract law, and advise on the validity of an exclusion clause in a hotel agreement.

Question

i) Define a ‘condition’ as in the law of contract. (3 marks)

ii) Define ‘warranty’ as in the law of contract. (3 marks)

iii) Keita books for a hotel facility and pays in advance. The hotelier tells him nothing more than the issue of a receipt. Keita takes occupancy of the room only to read a list of DONTS posted at the back of the door of his room. The following day he returned from breakfast in the hotel to find that his wristwatch which he left on the table of the room was missing. He spoke to the receptionist at the reception desk on the loss but they referred him to an exclusion clause on the door. He seeks your advice. Advise Keita. (4 marks)

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Tags: Condition, Contract Law, Exclusion Clauses, Legal Advice, Warranty
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: MAY 2017

BCL – May 2016 – L1 – Q5d – Company Law

Explain how a company acquires interests in pre-incorporation contracts and the legal position of persons acting on behalf of the company.

Question

Briefly explain how a company acquires interests in pre-incorporation contracts, and the legal position of a person purporting to act on behalf of the company with respect to those contracts. (10 marks)

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Tags: Company Formation, Legal Position, Pre-incorporation, Ratification
Level: Level 1

Topic: Contract Law
Series: MAY 2016

BCL – May 2016 – L1 – Q5c – Company Law

State three features of a pre-incorporation contract.

Question

State THREE features of a pre-incorporation contract. (3 marks)

Answer

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Series: MAY 2016

BCL – May 2016 – L1 – Q5b – Company Law

Define the term "pre-incorporation contract."

Question

What is meant by “pre-incorporation contract”? (2 marks)

Answer

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Series: MAY 2016

BCL – May 2016 – L1 – Q5a – Company Law

State five items required by law in the regulations of a company registered under the Companies Act.

Question

State FIVE items that are by law required in the Regulations of a Company registered under the Companies Act. (5 marks)

Answer

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Series: MAY 2016

BCL – May 2016 – L1 – Q3b – Contract Law

Explain five rules that relate to consideration in the Law of Contract.

Question

Explain FIVE rules that relate to consideration in the Law of Contract. (10 marks)

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Series: MAY 2016

Topic: Contract Law

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BL – May 2014 – L1 – SA – Q11 – Contract Law

Identifying when the court may lift the veil of incorporation.

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Defining the act that constitutes theft under the Criminal Code.

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BCL – May 2017 – L1 – Q6c – Company Law

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State five items required by law in the regulations of a company registered under the Companies Act.

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