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

A buyer purchases oats thinking they are old oats. The seller knows they are new, but made no statement or promise that they were old. Under Smith v Hughes:

1. AThe contract is void for unilateral mistake
2. BThe contract is binding, because a mistake about quality alone is not enough
3. CThe seller had a duty to correct the buyer
4. DThe contract is voidable, because the seller's silence amounted to a misrepresentation

A house is built on defective foundations, approved by the local authority. Cracks appear and the owner sells at a loss. In Murphy v Brentwood DC, the loss was:

1. APhysical damage, fully recoverable
2. BRecoverable because the council approved the plans
3. CPure economic loss, not recoverable in negligence
4. DRecoverable only against the buyer

A bank requires job applicants to have medical examinations by a self-employed doctor, who abuses some of them. In Barclays Bank v Various Claimants (2020), the Supreme Court held the bank:

1. ANot vicariously liable, as the doctor was an independent contractor running his own business
2. BVicariously liable, because it chose the doctor
3. CStrictly liable for any harm to applicants
4. DVicariously liable, as the relationship was akin to employment and the bank benefited from his work

Constitutional conventions are:

1. AInternational treaties about the constitution
2. BMeetings held to write a new constitution
3. CNon-legal rules of political practice that are regarded as binding
4. DWritten rules found in statutes that courts enforce like any other law

After 2001, the UK detained foreign terrorism suspects indefinitely without trial. In A v Home Secretary (the Belmarsh case), the House of Lords:

1. AHeld that national security questions were for the executive alone and could not be reviewed by courts
2. BUpheld the detention as a valid response to an emergency
3. COrdered the immediate release of all detainees
4. DMade a declaration of incompatibility, finding the measure disproportionate and discriminatory

Duress as a defence is generally NOT available in English law to a charge of:

1. ADrug possession
2. BTheft
3. CMurder
4. DCriminal damage

In R v Hinks (2000), the House of Lords held that:

1. ACivil law always decides criminal liability for theft
2. BReceiving a valid gift can be an appropriation, so it can be theft if dishonest
3. COnly shop thefts involve appropriation
4. DA valid gift can never be theft because full ownership passes to the recipient at once

What is the consequence under Article 101(2) TFEU of an agreement prohibited by Article 101(1) and not exempted?

1. AIt becomes a state aid
2. BIt is automatically void
3. CIt must be renegotiated within a year
4. DIt remains valid but cannot be enforced against consumers

In Köbler (2003), the Court of Justice held that state liability can arise from:

1. AOnly failures of the national legislature
2. BDecisions of the Court of Justice itself
3. CA manifest infringement of EU law by a national court of last instance
4. DAny error of interpretation made by a national court of first instance, however minor