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

An employment contract forbids the employee from working for any competitor anywhere in the world for 20 years after leaving. In English law this clause is most likely:

1. AEnforceable for the first five years only
2. BUnenforceable, as an unreasonable restraint of trade
3. CEnforceable, because the employee agreed to it
4. DEnforceable if the employer is a large company

The Bolam test applies to:

1. AThe remoteness of damage
2. BThe standard of care expected of professionals such as doctors
3. COccupiers' liability to trespassers
4. DDefamation defences

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. BVicariously liable, as the assault was closely connected to his job of serving customers
3. CLiable only if it had trained him poorly
4. DNot liable, because the assault took place outside the kiosk and after the conversation ended

Parliamentary sovereignty (as described by Dicey) means that:

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

A woman with a terminal illness asks for a guarantee that her husband will not be prosecuted for helping her die. In Pretty v UK, the European Court of Human Rights held that Article 2:

1. ADoes not include a right to die
2. BRequires states to allow assisted suicide
3. CWas not engaged by her case at all
4. DRequires an immunity for her husband

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

1. ACan rely on intoxication because murder is a specific intent offence
2. BHas a defence of involuntary intoxication
3. CCan only be guilty of manslaughter
4. DCannot rely on intoxication, because the intent to kill was formed before drinking

In Re A (Conjoined Twins) (2001), the Court of Appeal allowed surgery that would kill the weaker twin to save the stronger. This is often cited as authority that:

1. ADoctors can never be liable for murder
2. BParental consent is a defence to homicide
3. CNecessity is a general defence to murder whenever more lives would be saved than lost
4. DNecessity can, in very exceptional circumstances, justify an act that causes death

The "public service" exception in Article 45(4) TFEU covers:

1. AAny job paid for by public funds
2. BJobs in companies that have government contracts
3. CAll jobs in the public sector, including those of nurses, teachers and railway workers employed by the state
4. DPosts involving the exercise of public power and safeguarding the general interests of the state

In Åkerberg Fransson (2013), a Swedish fisherman faced tax penalties and criminal proceedings for VAT fraud. The Court held that the Charter applied because:

1. AThe fisherman was an EU institution employee
2. BThe Charter applies to every action of a member state, whether or not it involves EU law in any way
3. CSweden had incorporated the Charter into its constitution
4. DThe national measures fell within the scope of EU law on VAT and the EU's financial interests