Introduction to Law: cram pack

A decorator finishes the work but with minor defects that are cheap to fix. Under Hoenig v Isaacs, the decorator is entitled to:

1. AOnly payment for the materials used
2. BThe price less the cost of putting the defects right
3. CThe full price with no deduction
4. DNothing, because performance was not exact

A husband who has left his wife signs a note promising to transfer the house to her if she pays off the mortgage. She does. In Merritt v Merritt, the promise was:

1. AUnenforceable, because she gave no consideration
2. BEnforceable only because it was made by deed
3. CEnforceable, because separated spouses are presumed to intend legal relations
4. DUnenforceable, because it was a domestic arrangement between husband and wife

A young man dives into a shallow lake in a public park despite warning signs and is paralysed. In Tomlinson v Congleton BC, the council was:

1. ALiable for half of the damage
2. BLiable, because the signs were ignored by many
3. CLiable, because it did not destroy the beach
4. DNot liable, because the risk was obvious and voluntarily taken

The defence of "illegality" (ex turpi causa) in tort means that:

1. AA claimant may be barred from recovering where the claim arises from their own serious illegal conduct
2. BOnly the state can bring the claim
3. CEvery claimant with a criminal record loses
4. DThe defendant cannot be sued if the defendant's own conduct towards the claimant was itself a criminal offence

In Marbury v Madison (1803), the US Supreme Court established:

1. AThe President's veto power
2. BThe right to bear arms
3. CThe power of courts to review the constitutionality of legislation
4. DThe power of Congress to overrule decisions of the federal judiciary

In R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU (2017), the UK Supreme Court held that:

1. AThe referendum result was legally binding
2. BThe government could give notice using prerogative powers without any Act of Parliament
3. CDevolved legislatures had a veto over Brexit
4. DParliamentary legislation was required to give notice of withdrawal from the EU

"Dolus eventualis" (voorwaardelijk opzet) in Dutch criminal law means the defendant:

1. AWanted the consequence as their main goal and acted in order to bring it about
2. BKnowingly accepted the considerable chance that the consequence would occur
3. CActed entirely by accident
4. DDid not foresee the consequence at all

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

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

Environmental policy is an example of which type of EU competence?

1. ANo EU competence at all
2. BSupporting competence
3. CExclusive competence
4. DShared competence

In Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (2013), the Court interpreted "regulatory act" in Article 263(4) TFEU to mean:

1. AAn act addressed to a specific individual
2. BAny act adopted by the Commission or the Council
3. CAny regulation, whether legislative or not
4. DAn act of general application other than a legislative act