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 ship owner had to pay compensation
2. BNothing was recoverable for the part performed
3. CA proportion of the wages was payable
4. DThe full wages were payable

A seller mistakenly offers hare skins at a price per pound instead of per piece. The buyer knew that prices were always quoted per piece. In Hartog v Colin and Shields:

1. AThe contract was voidable at the buyer's option
2. BThere was no contract, as the buyer knew of the mistake
3. CThe court rewrote the price to per piece
4. DThere was a binding contract at the stated price

A milkman, forbidden by his employer to give lifts, lets a boy ride on his float to help deliver milk. The boy is injured by the milkman's negligence. In Rose v Plenty, the employer was:

1. ALiable only if the milkman had no insurance
2. BVicariously liable, because the boy was helping with the employer's work
3. CNot liable, because giving lifts had been expressly forbidden by the employer
4. DNot liable, because the boy was a trespasser

In Hedley Byrne v Heller, liability for negligent misstatement arose because:

1. AThe defendant intended to deceive
2. BThere was a contract between the parties under which the bank was paid a fee for the reference it gave
3. CThe statement caused physical injury
4. DThere was a special relationship in which the claimant reasonably relied on advice given with skill

In Hirst v UK (No 2), the European Court of Human Rights held that the UK's blanket ban on voting by convicted prisoners:

1. AViolated the right to freedom of expression in Article 10 of the Convention
2. BWas justified because prisoners have no rights
3. CViolated the right to free elections in Protocol 1, Article 3
4. DWas within the UK's margin of appreciation

People buy TV licences early to avoid a fee increase, and the Home Office threatens to revoke them unless they pay the extra. In Congreve v Home Office, the court held:

1. AUsing the revocation power this way was unlawful
2. BLicence holders had no legal rights
3. CThe revocation was lawful under the statute
4. DThe minister could act for any purpose

D takes his own car from a garage without paying for repairs. Following R v Turner (No 2), D can be guilty of theft because:

1. AOwners who take back their own property are always acting dishonestly
2. BProperty belongs to anyone who has possession or control of it
3. CThe car was worth more after the repairs
4. DD intended to return the car later

In R v Dica (2004), D had sex with partners without telling them he was HIV-positive. The Court of Appeal held that:

1. AD was guilty of murder, because HIV can kill
2. BConsent is never relevant to the transmission of disease, since s20 protects public health
3. CNon-disclosure always makes sex rape under English law
4. DInformed consent to the risk of infection could be a defence to inflicting GBH under s20

Directives generally do NOT have:

1. AVertical direct effect against the state
2. BHorizontal direct effect between private parties
3. CAny legal effect at all
4. DBinding force after the transposition deadline

The "Melloni" judgment held that a member state may NOT:

1. ARefer questions to the Court of Justice
2. BApply a higher national standard of fundamental rights where it would undermine the primacy, unity and effectiveness of EU law in a fully harmonised area
3. CExecute any European Arrest Warrant
4. DEver protect fundamental rights more than the EU