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CPCCBC4003A: Select and prepare a construction contract
Assessment Task: The Law of Contract
Performance Objective
Students must demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to identify and analyse essential terms and elements of a valid contract and rights and liabilities of parties under a contract.
Assessment Description
You are required to answer short answer style questions on the following topics:
• definition of a contract
• essential terms, elements and procedures of contracts
• rights and liabilities of parties
• breaches of Contract
• remedies for breach
Resource Requirements
The following resources are available from the course, CPCCBC4003A Select and prepare a construction contract on the Box Hill Studentweb.
Web Links
• Law Handbook, Chapter 12 - The Law of Contract.
• Australian Contract and Consumer Law
Presentations
• The Law of Contract.
Submission Details
You are required to submit the following:
• Four (4) completed questions on the law of contract presented in a Microsoft Word document
The assessment task is due on the date specified by your assessor. Any variations to this arrangement must be approved in writing by your assessor.
Questions
1. Explain what a contract is and detail the six elements of a valid contract listed below:
• Intention to create legal relations
• Offer and acceptance
• Consideration
• Legal capacity
• Consent
• Legality
2. Provide an explanation for the following:
• Terms of a contract
• Expressed terms and implied terms
• Conditions and warranties
3. Explain the different ways a contract may be concluded.
4. Briefly explain the remedies available for a breach of contract?
Attachment:- The Law of Contract.rar