Introduction to Law: cram pack

A supplier receives a draft agreement, never signs or returns it, but both sides trade on its terms for years. A court is likely to find:

1. AA contract accepted by conduct
2. BA contract only for the first delivery
3. CA void agreement for lack of certainty
4. DNo contract, because nothing was signed

A flat is hired for two days to watch a coronation procession, which is cancelled because the King is ill. The contract does not mention the procession. In Krell v Henry:

1. AThe contract was not frustrated, because the flat was still available
2. BThe contract was void for common mistake
3. CThe contract was frustrated, because the procession was its foundation
4. DThe hirer had to pay as the risk was his

Under Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, a doctor must inform a patient about:

1. ANothing, unless the patient asks
2. BMaterial risks of treatment and reasonable alternatives
3. COnly the risks other doctors would usually mention
4. DEvery possible risk, however remote

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. ASucceeded, because volenti never applies to passengers
2. BFailed, because of illegality
3. CSucceeded, with damages reduced for contributory negligence
4. DFailed, because he voluntarily accepted the risk

In R v Home Secretary, ex p Fire Brigades Union, the House of Lords held the minister acted unlawfully by:

1. ABringing a statute into force too quickly
2. BBringing the statutory scheme into force without first consulting the bodies that would be affected by it
3. CUsing the prerogative to set up a scheme inconsistent with a statutory scheme not yet in force
4. DRefusing to consult the fire brigades

A prison policy requires prisoners to be absent while officers search their cells, including their legal correspondence. In R (Daly) v Home Secretary (2001), the House of Lords held:

1. AThe policy was unlawful only for unconvicted prisoners held on remand awaiting trial
2. BThe policy was lawful, as prisoners have no privacy
3. CThe blanket policy unlawfully interfered with legal professional privilege
4. DThe policy was lawful, as prisons need security

Strict liability offences are offences where:

1. ALiability arises only if the defendant was negligent as to every element
2. BNo mens rea is required for at least one element of the actus reus
3. CThe defendant must confess
4. DOnly intentional acts count

In R v Walkington (1979), D went behind a shop counter and opened a till. This was burglary because:

1. AShops are treated as dwellings in law
2. BEntering a part of a building as a trespasser is enough
3. CD was carrying a weapon at the time
4. DThe till contained money at the time

In Dillenkofer (1996), the Court held that a complete failure to transpose a directive on time is:

1. AExcused if the state was busy with elections
2. BIn itself a sufficiently serious breach for state liability
3. CSerious only if the Commission has first warned the state in a reasoned opinion
4. DNever a ground for state liability

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

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