Introduction to Law: cram pack

An actress agrees to act only for one studio and not for any other during the contract. She leaves to act for a rival. The court is most likely to:

1. AOrder her to pay the rival's profits to the court
2. BRefuse any remedy, as personal services are involved
3. COrder her to perform her contract with the studio
4. DGrant an injunction stopping her acting for the rival

An act done before a promise was made can still be good consideration if:

1. AThe act was done within one year before the promise and was of some value to the promisor
2. BThe later promise was made in writing
3. CIt was valuable to the promisor when it was done
4. DIt was requested, payment was understood, and the promise would otherwise be enforceable

A solicitor negligently delays preparing a new will, and the client dies before signing. The intended beneficiaries lose their gifts. In White v Jones, the solicitor:

1. AWas liable to the disappointed beneficiaries
2. BWas liable only to the client's estate
3. CWas not liable, because the will was never signed
4. DWas not liable, because there was no contract with them

For a public authority, a negligence claim about how it exercised a statutory power often fails because:

1. AStatutory powers automatically create a private law duty to use them carefully for each citizen
2. BCourts are reluctant to impose duties for failing to confer benefits or for policy decisions
3. CAuthorities are always immune from all claims
4. DThe authority must be sued in a criminal court

A bicameral legislature has:

1. ATwo chambers
2. BThree chambers
3. COne chamber
4. DNo elected members

The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 changed the office of Lord Chancellor so that:

1. AThe Lord Chief Justice, not the Lord Chancellor, is head of the judiciary in England and Wales
2. BThe office was abolished completely
3. CThe Lord Chancellor gained power to dismiss judges
4. DThe Lord Chancellor became President of the Supreme Court and head of the judiciary in England

D takes a college exam paper, reads it and returns it, planning to cheat. Following Oxford v Moss, D did not steal because:

1. AConfidential information is not property under the Theft Act
2. BExam papers have no economic value
3. CThe paper itself was returned, so there was no intention to deprive
4. DD was a student at the college

In R v Lloyd (1985), a cinema employee lent films to be copied and returned them within hours. The court held there was no theft because:

1. AThe films were returned with their "goodness or virtue" not wholly exhausted
2. BFilms are intangible property that cannot be stolen
3. CThe employee had the cinema's permission to borrow the films for a short time
4. DCopying films was not illegal at the time

Directives generally do NOT have:

1. AAny legal effect at all
2. BHorizontal direct effect between private parties
3. CBinding force after the transposition deadline
4. DVertical direct effect against the state

In Commission v Italy (Art Treasures, 1968), Italy taxed the export of artistic and historical works. The Court held that:

1. AArt is not "goods", so the free movement rules did not apply
2. BThe tax was justified under Article 36 to protect national treasures of artistic or historic value
3. CThe tax was a charge having equivalent effect and was prohibited regardless of its purpose
4. DExport taxes are outside the scope of the customs union