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 the offeror reads it a week later
3. CWhen it is sent by the offeree
4. DWhen it is confirmed by post

An actress is wrongly denied the chance to take part in the final stage of a competition in which some finalists would win prizes. In Chaplin v Hicks:

1. AShe could recover only her travel expenses
2. BShe could recover damages for the loss of a chance
3. CShe could recover the full value of a prize
4. DShe could recover nothing, because her loss was uncertain

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. ANegligent, because any slip proves a breach
2. BStrictly liable for flood damage
3. CNot negligent, because closing the factory would have been out of proportion
4. DNegligent, because it should have closed the factory until the floor was dry

A tall new building blocks television reception for many nearby homes. In Hunter v Canary Wharf, the House of Lords held:

1. AThere was no actionable nuisance, and only those with an interest in land could sue
2. BThere was a nuisance, and all residents, including family members and lodgers, could sue
3. CThere was a nuisance, but only the council could sue
4. DThere was no nuisance, as nuisance requires noise

In Soering v UK, the European Court of Human Rights held that extraditing a man to the US to face a possible death sentence would breach Article 3 because:

1. AThe US is not a party to the Convention
2. BOf the extreme conditions and long wait on death row
3. CHe would not receive a fair trial
4. DThe death penalty itself always amounts to torture under Article 3

Soldiers shoot dead three suspected terrorists in Gibraltar. In McCann v UK, the European Court of Human Rights found a breach of Article 2 because:

1. AThe operation was not planned and controlled to minimise the use of lethal force
2. BThe soldiers acted out of personal hatred
3. CThe UK had not ratified the Convention for Gibraltar
4. DAny killing by state agents breaches Article 2

D drives a car she believes is her own, but which is actually V's identical car. She is not guilty of theft because:

1. AShe is not dishonest and lacks intent to deprive another
2. BThe car was insured by V
3. CShe returned it the next morning
4. DCars cannot be stolen under the Theft Act

Under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, an organisation is guilty if the way its activities are managed causes death and amounts to a gross breach of a duty of care, and:

1. AThe organisation intended to cause death
2. BThe victim was an employee of the organisation
3. CThe way senior management organised the activities was a substantial element of the breach
4. DA single identified director is first personally convicted of gross negligence manslaughter

Costa v ENEL (1964) established:

1. AThe principle of subsidiarity
2. BState liability for breaches of EU law
3. CThe supremacy (primacy) of EU law over national law
4. DThe direct effect of regulations

The Weiss (PSPP) judgment of the German Federal Constitutional Court in 2020 was controversial because it:

1. AAbolished the euro in Germany
2. BWithdrew Germany from the EU
3. CDeclared a CJEU judgment ultra vires and not binding in Germany
4. DAccepted unlimited supremacy of EU law