Introduction to Law: cram pack

An acceptance is sent by telex and arrives in the offeror's office during working hours. Under Entores v Miles Far East, acceptance takes effect:

1. AWhen it is received by the offeror
2. BWhen it is sent by the offeree
3. CWhen the offeror reads it a week later
4. DWhen it is confirmed by post

A van is bought "on hire-purchase terms" with no further detail, and such terms varied widely in practice. In Scammell v Ouston, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe seller's usual terms applied
2. BThere was a contract on the standard hire-purchase terms of the market
3. CThere was a contract at a reasonable price
4. DThere was no contract, because the terms were too vague

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

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

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

In Golder v UK, the European Court of Human Rights held that Article 6 includes:

1. AA right to free legal aid in all cases
2. BA right to appeal to Strasbourg
3. CA right to a jury trial
4. DA right of access to a court

In Madzimbamuto v Lardner-Burke, the Privy Council held that the UK Parliament could still legislate for Southern Rhodesia because:

1. ARhodesia had become fully independent
2. BA convention that it would not do so did not limit its legal power
3. CThe convention was legally binding but had been waived by Rhodesia
4. DRhodesia had consented to the legislation

In English law, the mens rea of murder is:

1. AIntention to frighten the victim
2. BSubjective recklessness as to causing death or serious harm
3. CNegligence in causing death
4. DIntention to kill or to cause grievous bodily harm

In R v Cheshire, the court held that negligent medical treatment of a gunshot victim:

1. ADid not break the chain of causation unless it was so independent and potent that the original wound became insignificant
2. BAlways breaks the chain of causation
3. CBroke the chain of causation whenever it was negligent enough to be the immediate medical cause of death, even if the wound still operated
4. DMakes the doctors liable for murder

In Lawrie-Blum (1986), the Court defined a "worker" under Article 45 TFEU as a person who:

1. AHolds a permanent full-time contract of employment registered with the authorities of the host member state
2. BIs registered with a national trade union
3. CPerforms services for and under the direction of another in return for remuneration
4. DEarns at least the national minimum wage for a year

In Köbler (2003), the Court of Justice held that state liability can arise from:

1. AOnly failures of the national legislature
2. BAny error of interpretation made by a national court of first instance, however minor
3. CA manifest infringement of EU law by a national court of last instance
4. DDecisions of the Court of Justice itself