Introduction to Law: cram pack

Under EU consumer law, a consumer who buys online usually has the right to withdraw within:

1. ANo time, because online sales are final
2. B3 days, only with a reason
3. C30 days, only if the goods are defective
4. D14 days without giving a reason

A rogue uses a stolen driving licence to take a car on written hire-purchase in another person's name. In Shogun Finance v Hudson, the majority of the House of Lords held:

1. AThe contract was valid with the rogue himself
2. BThe contract was voidable, so a later buyer got good title
3. CThe contract was void, because the finance company dealt only with the named person
4. DThe contract was void, because hire-purchase agreements must always be made face to face

After a flood makes a factory floor slippery, the owner spreads sawdust but not everywhere, and a worker slips. Under Latimer v AEC, the owner was:

1. ANot negligent, because closing the factory would have been out of proportion
2. BNegligent, because it should have closed the factory until the floor was dry
3. CNegligent, because any slip proves a breach
4. DStrictly liable for flood damage

An internal auditor with a grudge against his employer leaks staff payroll data online. In WM Morrison Supermarkets v Various Claimants (2020), the Supreme Court held the employer:

1. ALiable only to staff whose data was used for fraud
2. BVicariously liable, as he had access to the data through his job
3. CVicariously liable, as data breaches are strict liability
4. DNot vicariously liable, as he was pursuing a personal vendetta

A minister refuses to refer a complaint to a committee because the result might embarrass the government. In Padfield v Minister of Agriculture, the House of Lords held:

1. AOnly Parliament could question the minister
2. BThe refusal was lawful, since the Act imposed no duty to give reasons
3. CThe refusal was unlawful, as it frustrated the purpose of the Act
4. DThe minister had unlimited discretion

Which statement about "horizontal effect" of human rights is correct?

1. ARights can influence legal relations between private parties, often indirectly through courts
2. BPrivate parties can be brought directly before the Strasbourg court by individuals whose rights they breach
3. CRights apply only between states
4. DHorizontal effect means rights apply only to horizontal property boundaries

D drinks heavily to gain courage before killing V, as planned. Following A-G for Northern Ireland v Gallagher, D:

1. AHas a defence of involuntary intoxication
2. BCannot rely on intoxication, because the intent to kill was formed before drinking
3. CCan rely on intoxication because murder is a specific intent offence
4. DCan only be guilty of manslaughter

R v Gomez (1993) held that an appropriation in theft:

1. ARequires a physical taking of the property
2. BRequires that the act was not authorised by the owner, even if consent was obtained by fraud
3. COnly occurs when the defendant leaves the shop
4. DCan occur even when the owner consents, if the consent was obtained by deception

According to the Dassonville formula, a measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction is:

1. AAny tax on goods coming from another member state
2. BAny trading rule capable of hindering, directly or indirectly, actually or potentially, intra-EU trade
3. COnly a rule that openly discriminates against imported goods in favour of domestic products of the same kind
4. DOnly a rule that fixes a numerical limit on imports

In Mangold (2005) and Kücükdeveci (2010), the Court allowed an individual to rely on EU law against a private employer because:

1. AThe directive on equal treatment in employment had horizontal direct effect in itself after the transposition deadline
2. BThe prohibition of age discrimination is a general principle of EU law, given expression in a directive
3. CThe national law had been annulled by the Commission
4. DThe employer was an emanation of the state