Introduction to Law: cram pack

Under section 2(1) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967, a person who made a false statement inducing a contract is liable in damages unless:

1. AThe statement was made orally and not in writing
2. BThe contract was made between two businesses
3. CThey prove they had reasonable grounds to believe, and did believe, it was true
4. DThe claimant proves that the statement was made fraudulently and not merely carelessly

A former spy publishes his memoirs in breach of his undertaking not to disclose official information. In AG v Blake, the House of Lords:

1. AHeld that no remedy was available
2. BOrdered him to account for his profits, in an exceptional case
3. CAwarded punitive damages to the Crown
4. DAwarded only nominal damages

A premature baby goes blind. Excess oxygen negligently given was only one of five possible causes. In Wilsher v Essex AHA, the claim:

1. AFailed, because the claimant could not prove the negligence caused the blindness
2. BSucceeded, because the negligence materially increased the risk of the blindness
3. CSucceeded, with damages reduced by four fifths
4. DFailed, because no duty was owed to a baby

As a practical joke, a man falsely tells a woman that her husband has been badly injured. She suffers a serious illness from the shock. In Wilkinson v Downton, the man was:

1. ALiable only in defamation
2. BLiable for intentionally causing physical harm by a false statement
3. CNot liable, because there was no direct physical contact with the woman
4. DNot liable, because it was only a joke

Under section 2 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998, UK courts must, when deciding Convention rights questions:

1. AFollow every relevant Strasbourg judgment strictly, as binding precedent
2. BIgnore Strasbourg case law
3. CRefer all questions to Strasbourg
4. DTake into account judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

The legitimate expectation doctrine protects individuals when:

1. AA minister speaks in Parliament
2. BA contract with the government exists and the public body later fails to perform its contractual obligations
3. CAny person hopes for a favourable decision
4. DA public body made a clear promise or established practice that it then seeks to depart from unfairly

Joint enterprise (accessorial liability) after R v Jogee requires that the accessory:

1. AWas related to the principal
2. BWas present at the scene by chance
3. CMerely foresaw as a real possibility that the principal might commit the crime
4. DIntended to assist or encourage the principal to commit the crime

In R v Brown (1993), the House of Lords held that consent was no defence to s47 and s20 charges arising from:

1. ASurgery carried out without the patient's signature
2. BInjuries suffered in properly conducted boxing matches between consenting adults
3. CTattoos applied by a licensed tattoo artist
4. DConsensual sado-masochistic acts between adults in private

Under the subsidiarity protocol, a "yellow card" is triggered when reasoned opinions represent at least:

1. AAll national parliaments
2. BA simple majority of the votes of the Members of the European Parliament
3. CTwo member state governments
4. DOne third of the votes allocated to national parliaments

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. CAny error of interpretation made by a national court of first instance, however minor
4. DA manifest infringement of EU law by a national court of last instance