Introduction to Law: cram pack

A sailor is to be paid only on completing a voyage, but dies part of the way. Under the strict rule applied in Cutter v Powell:

1. ANothing was recoverable for the part performed
2. BThe full wages were payable
3. CThe ship owner had to pay compensation
4. DA proportion of the wages was payable

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

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

The "eggshell skull" rule means that:

1. AThe defendant must take the victim as found, including unusual vulnerabilities
2. BOnly foreseeable claimants can sue
3. CFragile victims cannot recover damages
4. DHead injuries are compensated at a fixed rate

In CCSU v Minister for the Civil Service (the GCHQ case), Lord Diplock classified the grounds of judicial review as:

1. AIllegality, irrationality and procedural impropriety
2. BJurisdiction, motive and fairness
3. CFraud, mistake and duress
4. DLegality, legitimacy and proportionality

In R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU (2017), the Supreme Court said about the Sewel convention that:

1. AIt is a political convention that courts cannot enforce
2. BIt applies only to Northern Ireland
3. CIt requires Scottish consent to the UK's withdrawal from the EU
4. DIt became legally binding when written into statute

D puts poison in V's drink intending to kill her, but V dies of an unrelated heart attack before the poison works. D is guilty of:

1. ANo offence at all
2. BMurder
3. CAttempted murder
4. DManslaughter

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

In Brasserie du Pêcheur and Factortame III (1996), the Court held that state liability:

1. ARequires proof that the state acted intentionally
2. BNever applies to acts of a national parliament
3. COnly arises from failure to transpose a directive, not from other acts of the national legislature
4. DCan arise from acts of the national legislature, if the breach is sufficiently serious

In Åkerberg Fransson (2013), a Swedish fisherman faced tax penalties and criminal proceedings for VAT fraud. The Court held that the Charter applied because:

1. AThe national measures fell within the scope of EU law on VAT and the EU's financial interests
2. BThe fisherman was an EU institution employee
3. CThe Charter applies to every action of a member state, whether or not it involves EU law in any way
4. DSweden had incorporated the Charter into its constitution