Introduction to Law: cram pack

A boiler is delivered late to a laundry. The seller knew it was needed for the business but not about especially lucrative dyeing contracts. Under Victoria Laundry v Newman, the laundry recovers:

1. AOnly the price it paid for the boiler
2. BNothing, because all lost profits are too remote
3. CAll lost profits, including those from the especially lucrative dyeing contracts
4. DOrdinary lost profits, but not the profits from the special contracts

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

The Caparo test for a new duty of care requires:

1. AForeseeability of harm, proximity and that it is fair, just and reasonable to impose a duty
2. BA contract between the parties, a breach of its terms and loss flowing directly from the breach
3. CIntention, motive and damage
4. DProof of criminal conduct

A tall new building blocks television reception for many nearby homes. In Hunter v Canary Wharf, the House of Lords held:

1. AThere was a nuisance, and all residents, including family members and lodgers, could sue
2. BThere was no actionable nuisance, and only those with an interest in land could sue
3. CThere was no nuisance, as nuisance requires noise
4. DThere was a nuisance, but only the council could sue

Under British Oxygen v Minister of Technology, a public body that adopts a policy for exercising its discretion must:

1. AHave the policy approved by Parliament
2. BApply the policy rigidly in every case to ensure consistent treatment
3. CMake no policy at all
4. DStill be willing to listen to anyone with something new to say

In Brown v Board of Education (1954), the US Supreme Court held that racial segregation in public schools:

1. AViolated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
2. BWas constitutional so long as the separate facilities were of equal quality
3. CViolated only the First Amendment
4. DWas a matter for each state alone

D is present when a crime is committed but does nothing to help or encourage it. Following R v Clarkson, D is:

1. AThe principal, because D witnessed the whole crime
2. BNot an accessory, because mere presence without intent to encourage is not enough
3. CAn accessory, because voluntary presence at the scene always amounts to encouragement
4. DAn accessory, because D could have called the police

In R v Cheshire, the court held that negligent medical treatment of a gunshot victim:

1. AAlways breaks the chain of causation
2. BMakes the doctors liable for murder
3. CBroke the chain of causation whenever it was negligent enough to be the immediate medical cause of death, even if the wound still operated
4. DDid not break the chain of causation unless it was so independent and potent that the original wound became insignificant

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

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

In Opinion 2/13 (2014), the Court of Justice held that the draft agreement on EU accession to the ECHR:

1. ACould only be ratified by a referendum in each state
2. BWas compatible with the Treaties, provided the Council approved it unanimously after consulting Parliament
3. CWas unnecessary because the EU had already acceded
4. DWas incompatible with the Treaties, in part because it threatened the autonomy of EU law