Introduction to Law: cram pack

A sailor is to be paid only on completing a voyage, but dies part of the way. Under the strict rule applied in Cutter v Powell:

1. AThe full wages were payable
2. BA proportion of the wages was payable
3. CThe ship owner had to pay compensation
4. DNothing was recoverable for the part performed

In a face-to-face sale, a rogue falsely claims to be a famous actor, pays with a worthless cheque, and sells the car on to an innocent buyer. Under Lewis v Averay, the first contract was:

1. AVoid, because cheques cannot pay for cars
2. BVoid for mistake, so the innocent buyer got no title
3. CVoidable for fraud, so the innocent buyer got good title
4. DValid, and the seller could only sue the rogue in tort

Pure economic loss caused by negligent acts is:

1. AAlways recoverable
2. BGenerally not recoverable, with exceptions such as negligent misstatement
3. CRecoverable only for companies
4. DRecoverable only where the defendant's conduct was also a criminal offence of some kind

A newspaper publishes that a model is attending Narcotics Anonymous, with details and photographs of her leaving a meeting. In Campbell v MGN, the House of Lords held:

1. AThere was no claim, because the photographs were taken on a public street in London
2. BThere was no claim, because she had lied about drug use
3. CPublishing the details and photographs was a misuse of private information
4. DOnly the fact of her addiction was private

Under Article 94 of the Dutch Constitution, Dutch courts:

1. AMust refer all treaty questions to the Council of State
2. BCan strike down statutes that conflict with the Constitution or with general principles
3. CDo not apply statutes that conflict with treaty provisions binding on everyone
4. DApply statutes even if they conflict with treaties

A statute says a commission's "determination ... shall not be called in question in any court of law". In Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe clause was invalid as unconstitutional
2. BThe clause excluded all judicial review
3. CThe decision was immune from review because the ouster clause applied to all its determinations
4. DThe clause did not protect a decision based on an error of law, because that was a nullity

D parks his car on a police officer's foot by accident, then refuses to move it once told. Under Fagan v MPC, this is:

1. AOnly criminal damage to the officer's shoe
2. BA battery, because the act was continuing when the mens rea arose
3. CA mere omission without any duty to act
4. DNo offence, because the original act was accidental and mens rea arose only afterwards

In R v Windle (1952), the court interpreted "wrong" in the M'Naghten Rules to mean:

1. AMorally wrong by society's standards
2. BWrong in the eyes of a doctor
3. CLegally wrong
4. DWrong according to the defendant's own beliefs

Under the Lisbon voting rules, a blocking minority in the Council must include at least:

1. ATwo member states
2. BTen member states
3. CFour member states
4. DHalf of the member states

In Grzelczyk (2001), a French student in Belgium was refused a minimum subsistence allowance. The Court held:

1. AStudents have no rights under EU law in a host state
2. BOnly workers may claim social benefits in a host state
3. CUnion citizenship is destined to be the fundamental status of nationals, so he could not be refused it on grounds of nationality
4. DThe allowance was outside EU law entirely