other skills in achieving your goal of success in A-level law. The following
are suggestions, pointing you to an area of study covered in most cases by
this book where you can find material to help you. A few suggestions go
beyond this book a little, linking into areas useful as revision for the
synoptic assessment at the end of your course.
Communication
C3.1a: contribute to a group discussion about a complex subject
- Is it always necessary to identify offer and acceptance? (Chapter 2)
- How could revocation take place in a unilateral contract? (Chapter 2)
- Do we need a doctrine of consideration? (Chapter 3)
- Are honorary pledge clauses fair to the consumer? (Chapter 4)
- Is the level of protection given to minors in forming contracts
satisfactory? (Chapter 5) - Is the Hong Kong Fir approach to innominate terms satisfactory?
(Chapter 7) - What level of responsibility should be taken by banks in ensuring that a
person being granted a loan takes independent advice? Should the whole
loan be set aside for a finding of undue influence in such cases? (Chapter
10) - When should a person’s silence amount to a misrepresentation? (Chapter
11) - When should a mistake of quality of subject matter render a contract
void? (Chapter 12) - How difficult must a contract become for it to be frustrated through
impossiblity? (Chapter 14) - What level of legal protection ought today’s consumer to expect?
(Chapter 16)
C3.1b: make a presentation about a complex subject, using at least one
image to illustrate complex points
- Explain an area of contract law, ready for use on an overhead projector,
using a diagram – use some of the diagrams in this book as a starting-
point for gathering ideas. You could explain: termination of an offer
(Chapter 2), the principles of privity, illustrating Dunlop v Selfridge
(Chapter 9). Both of these lend themselves to a flowchart-type of
illustration (see diagrams in the chapters). - Explain the limits to the doctrine of frustation, using a diagram to help
illustrate Tsakiroglou Noblee Thorl and/or Maritime National Fish v
Ocean Trawlers (Chapter 14).
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