LawByLak — Topic 50: Discharge (OCR H418, Paper 4)
Performance, frustration and breach. Three appearances in five sittings — every one a scenario.
And the fact almost nobody tells you: OCR examines seven cases on this topic that it has never taught. In the June 2023 frustration question, four of the six cases in OCR's own list of expected content appear nowhere in its teaching material. One of them, Davis Contractors v Fareham UDC, is the leading authority on radical change.
What's inside
Three things, in one download:
- The interactive revision module — a single file you open in any browser. Tabs, search, flashcards, self-marking, progress tracking, dark mode. Works offline once downloaded.
- The cheat sheet — the whole topic on a few printable pages. For the night before.
- The revision guide — the full written guide as a PDF, for reading away from a screen or printing in one go.
Inside the module:
- 39 authorities — 38 cases and the Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943 in full, including the contracting-out provision and the exclusions that catch several of this topic's own shipping cases. Neither appears in any OCR material.
- 57 flashcards.
- 44 tracker rows across the three routes and the exam skills.
- Three real OCR questions, restated in our own words with a full model answer, plus a fourth drafted on breach — because breach has never been given a scenario of its own.
- Every model answer at three levels, with the assessment objectives highlighted in the prose so you can see what earns which marks.
- Three printable cheat sheets, one per route, and a mind map with a blank-it-out mode.
Why it's different
No essay has ever been set on discharge. We say so, and we tell you what to do about it rather than padding the module with evaluation you will never be asked for. The seven untaught cases are flagged on their own entries, so an unfamiliar name is a signal rather than a surprise.
Works on your phone. Dark mode. Prints cleanly.
More A-Level Law revision, and the rest of the contract block, at lawbylak.co.uk