Legum | Quiz on Consideration

1. In which of the following cases was it held that past consideration is no consideration?

Routledge v Grant

Lampleigh v Braithwaite

Re McArdle

Stewards v Casey

2. Section ............................ of Act 25 provides that "No promise shall be invalid as a contract by reason only that the consideration therefore is supplied by someone other than the promisee"

3. The Ghanaian government contacted Zuleiha to develop a software to aid the government track persons with Covid-19. After she developed the software, the government promised to give her Ghc100,000 cedis, but later failed to do so. The Attorney General contended that she provided no consideration for the promise of payment. Decide the case

The acts of Zuleiha are in the past and she cannot recover the money because past consideration is no consideration

Zuleiha provided consideration because she developed the software.

The development of the the software was at the express request of the Ghanaian government and is valid consideration even if in the past

Zuleiha did not provide consideration because she was under a public duty to develop the software

4. Ann is the owner of a piece of land at East Legon. She proposed to sell the land to Fati for Ghc 100, and Fati accepted this offer and paid the money. 20 years after the transaction, Ann's daughter claimed that the contract between Ann and Fati was invalid because the land was worth more than the Ghc 100. What is your judgement?

Consideration must be adequate and sufficient.

The money paid by Fati was insufficient, hence the contract was void.

The money paid by Fati as consideration was inadequate, hence the contract was void.

Consideration need not be adequate

5. In which of the following cases was it held that for forbearance to be valid, the person forbearing must have had the right to do the act they are restraining from?

Tweddle v Atkinson

White v. Bluett

Hamer v Sidway

Routledge v Grant

6. The principle in the case of ...........................................has been modified by .................. of the Contracts Act (Act 25)

White v. Bluett, section 9

Routledge v Grant, section 10

Tweddle v Atkinson, section 10

RE McArdle, section 11

7. Consideration must be

Sufficient but need not be adequate

Sufficient and not adequate

Adequate and not sufficient

Sufficient and adequate

8. Which of the following does not constitute consideration.

Paying money to the promisor after he makes a promise

Performing a unilateral offer

The performance of an existing public duty

Making a promise to the promisor

9. .......................provides that A promise to keep an offer open for acceptance for a specified time shall not be invalid as a contract by reason only of the absence of any consideration therefor

Section 10(2)

Section 8(2)

Section 8(1)

Section 10(1)

10. Consideration can be in the form of forbearance.

True

False

Quiz on Consideration

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