Introduction to Law: cram pack

A decorator finishes the work but with minor defects that are cheap to fix. Under Hoenig v Isaacs, the decorator is entitled to:

1. AOnly payment for the materials used
2. BNothing, because performance was not exact
3. CThe price less the cost of putting the defects right
4. DThe full price with no deduction

Liquidated damages clauses are enforceable in English law when:

1. AThey are agreed orally only
2. BThey protect a legitimate interest and are not out of all proportion to it
3. CThey are set as high as possible, so that they deter either party from breaching
4. DOnly the party in breach benefits from them

Rylands v Fletcher liability concerns:

1. ALiability for any harm caused by careless use of land, even without escape
2. BDefamation in newspapers
3. CMedical negligence
4. DEscape of a dangerous thing brought onto land in a non-natural use

A petrol station kiosk attendant racially abuses a customer, follows him outside and assaults him. In Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets, the employer was:

1. ANot liable, because violence was not part of his job
2. BNot liable, because the assault took place outside the kiosk and after the conversation ended
3. CVicariously liable, as the assault was closely connected to his job of serving customers
4. DLiable only if it had trained him poorly

Parliamentary sovereignty (as described by Dicey) means that:

1. AThe executive can override Parliament
2. BCourts can strike down any Act of Parliament that conflicts with common law rights
3. CParliament can make or unmake any law, and no body can override its Acts
4. DParliament must obey previous Parliaments

A health authority moves a severely disabled woman into a care home after promising it would be her "home for life", then decides to close it. In R v North and East Devon HA, ex p Coughlan:

1. AFrustrating her substantive legitimate expectation was an abuse of power
2. BThe promise was void because the authority had no statutory power to make it
3. CThe promise could be broken whenever policy changed
4. DOnly a fair consultation was required

D drinks heavily to gain courage before killing V, as planned. Following A-G for Northern Ireland v Gallagher, D:

1. AHas a defence of involuntary intoxication
2. BCan rely on intoxication because murder is a specific intent offence
3. CCannot rely on intoxication, because the intent to kill was formed before drinking
4. DCan only be guilty of manslaughter

In R v Whybrow (1951), the court held that the mens rea of attempted murder is:

1. AAn intention to cause GBH
2. BThe same as the mens rea of murder
3. CRecklessness as to causing death
4. DAn intention to kill only

In Foster v British Gas (1990), the Court held that a directive can be relied on against a body that is:

1. AAny private body that receives a public contract from the state, whatever its powers or functions
2. BOwned by private shareholders but regulated by law
3. CAny large company with more than 500 employees
4. DMade responsible by the state for a public service under its control, with special powers

Altmark Trans (2003) set conditions under which compensation for public service obligations:

1. AIs always prohibited state aid
2. BIs not state aid because it confers no advantage
3. CMust be approved by the European Parliament
4. DCan only be paid to state-owned companies