SQE1 sample questions

Question 55

A recruitment company wishes to buy a small kettle from a retail company (‘the Retailer’) for the use of its employees.

When the office manager of the recruitment company first visits the Retailer’s premises the kettle is not in stock. The Retailer therefore orders one from the wholesalers and the office manager later returns to the Retailer to collect it.

After being used twice the kettle does not work.

What claim does the recruitment company have?

A. The kettle is not of satisfactory quality under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

B. The kettle is not fit for particular purpose under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

C. The kettle is not of satisfactory quality under the Sale of Goods Act 1979.

D. The kettle is not fit for particular purpose under the Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973.

E. The kettle is not of satisfactory quality under the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.


C - The kettle is not of satisfactory quality under the Sale of Goods Act 1979.


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