Tara and Daughters Limited ("Tara")enters into a Contract to Manufacture

question 24

Multiple Choice

Tara and Daughters Limited ("Tara") enters into a contract to manufacture machinery for Big Ben Inc.The contract price is $200 000.The parties agree that the machinery is to be delivered in 60 days.Which of the following unexpected events would discharge any further obligations under the contract?

• A)A number of Tara's key employees were absent through illness.
• B)Tara had taken on too many other orders and had to give priority to its regular customers.
• C)Tara's factory was flooded by a tsunami.
• D)One of Tara's key suppliers failed to deliver necessary material to allow Tara to manufacture the machinery.
• E)Tara secured a new contract on better terms with a bigger client.

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