Introduction to Law: cram pack

Sailors are promised extra wages for sailing a ship home after two crew members desert, but they do no more than their contract already required. In Stilk v Myrick the promise was:

1. AEnforceable because the captain agreed freely
2. BUnenforceable because it was made at sea
3. CEnforceable as a practical benefit
4. DUnenforceable for lack of consideration

A client repudiates an advertising contract the same day it is made. The agency ignores this, displays the adverts for the full period and sues for the price. In White and Carter v McGregor:

1. AThe agency could recover the full price
2. BThe agency had to obtain a court order first
3. CThe agency could recover nothing
4. DThe agency could only claim damages after mitigating

Strict liability means a defendant can be liable:

1. AOnly for criminal acts
2. BOnly if they acted intentionally
3. COnly if they broke a contract
4. DWithout proof of fault

The "eggshell skull" rule means that:

1. AOnly foreseeable claimants can sue
2. BThe defendant must take the victim as found, including unusual vulnerabilities
3. CFragile victims cannot recover damages
4. DHead injuries are compensated at a fixed rate

To amend the Dutch Constitution under Article 137:

1. AA proposal is passed, elections follow, and then both chambers must approve it by two-thirds
2. BThe King and the Council of State decide it
3. CA national referendum must approve it
4. DA simple majority in both chambers is enough, after which the King must sign the amendment into law

The government introduces high fees for bringing claims to employment tribunals, and the number of claims falls sharply. In R (UNISON) v Lord Chancellor (2017), the Supreme Court held:

1. AThe fees were lawful because users of the courts must pay for them
2. BThe fees breached only EU competition law
3. CThe fees were unlawful because they prevented access to justice
4. DThe fees were lawful because Parliament authorised fees

D, carrying an imitation gun and a threatening note, walks towards a post office to rob it but is arrested outside before entering. Under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981, D is most likely guilty of:

1. ABurglary, because D intended to enter the building
2. BRobbery, because the intention was proved
3. CNothing as attempted robbery yet, because D has not gone beyond preparation
4. DAttempted robbery, because D was carrying an imitation gun and a threatening note

Conspiracy in English law requires:

1. AAt least one of the conspirators to have carried out an overt act towards committing the agreed crime
2. BAn agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, with intent that it be carried out
3. CA written plan
4. DThe crime to be actually committed

In Brasserie du Pêcheur and Factortame III (1996), the Court held that state liability:

1. AOnly arises from failure to transpose a directive, not from other acts of the national legislature
2. BCan arise from acts of the national legislature, if the breach is sufficiently serious
3. CRequires proof that the state acted intentionally
4. DNever applies to acts of a national parliament

In Säger v Dennemeyer (1991), the Court held that Article 56 TFEU requires the abolition of:

1. AOnly rules that openly discriminate on grounds of nationality
2. BOnly rules adopted after the provider has arrived
3. CAny restriction, even if non-discriminatory, liable to prohibit or impede the services of a provider from another member state
4. DAll national licensing requirements, without exception, even where they protect service recipients and are applied proportionately