Introduction to Law: cram pack

An actor withdraws from a TV film and the company cannot prove what profit the film would have made. It may claim:

1. AIts wasted expenditure, including costs incurred before the contract
2. BOnly nominal damages of a small sum
3. CPunitive damages to deter the actor
4. DIts estimated profits from the film, even if they are purely speculative

A husband who has left his wife signs a note promising to transfer the house to her if she pays off the mortgage. She does. In Merritt v Merritt, the promise was:

1. AEnforceable, because separated spouses are presumed to intend legal relations
2. BUnenforceable, because she gave no consideration
3. CUnenforceable, because it was a domestic arrangement between husband and wife
4. DEnforceable only because it was made by deed

Auditors negligently certify a company's accounts. An investor relies on them to buy more shares and suffers loss. In Caparo v Dickman, the auditors:

1. AOwed a duty to anyone relying on the accounts
2. BWere strictly liable for errors in the accounts
3. COwed no duty to the investor for this purpose
4. DOwed a duty because the investor was a shareholder

After drinking together for hours, a man agrees to fly with an obviously very drunk pilot, and the plane crashes. In Morris v Murray, the passenger's claim:

1. AFailed, because of illegality
2. BSucceeded, with damages reduced for contributory negligence
3. CFailed, because he voluntarily accepted the risk
4. DSucceeded, because volenti never applies to passengers

In Bellinger v Bellinger, the House of Lords could not read the marriage law to recognise a trans woman's marriage to a man, so it:

1. ARead the statute compatibly under section 3
2. BReferred the case to Strasbourg
3. CStruck down the relevant provision
4. DMade a declaration of incompatibility

Dicey argued that in England individual liberties were mainly protected by:

1. AThe ordinary courts applying the common law
2. BA written bill of rights with higher status
3. CA specialised constitutional court
4. DThe personal decisions of the monarch

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

1. ACriminal damage
2. BDrug possession
3. CMurder
4. DTheft

In R v Roberts (1971), a woman jumped from a moving car to escape a sexual assault and was injured. The court held the defendant liable unless her reaction was:

1. ACaused by her own panic and fear
2. BSo "daft" or unexpected that no reasonable person could have foreseen it
3. CTaken without first asking the defendant to stop the car and let her out
4. DMore dangerous than staying in the car

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

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

The CILFIT criteria describe when a court of last instance does NOT have to make a preliminary reference, for example when:

1. AThe question is politically sensitive and the government has formally asked the court not to refer it
2. BThe parties prefer not to refer
3. CThe case is urgent for the government
4. DThe correct interpretation is so obvious as to leave no scope for reasonable doubt (acte clair)