Constitutional law worksheet with answers

Under section 6 of the UK Human Rights Act 1998, it is unlawful for:

1. ACourts to apply Acts of Parliament
2. BA private person to breach any Convention right
3. CParliament to pass any Act limiting rights
4. DA public authority to act incompatibly with Convention rights

Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects:

1. AThe right to liberty and security
2. BFreedom of religion
3. CThe right to marry
4. DThe right to an effective remedy

The principle of legality in public law means that a public authority:

1. AMust always be elected
2. BCan act freely unless a statute expressly prohibits the particular action taken
3. CCan ignore laws during weekends
4. DNeeds a legal basis for its actions, especially when interfering with rights

Under Porter v Magill, the test for apparent bias asks whether:

1. AThe decision-maker had ever met any party
2. BThe claimant personally and reasonably believed that the decision-maker had been biased against them
3. CA fair-minded and informed observer would conclude there was a real possibility of bias
4. DThe decision-maker was actually biased

Under the UK Human Rights Act 1998, if a court cannot read an Act compatibly with Convention rights, it can:

1. AMake a declaration of incompatibility, leaving the Act in force
2. BRefer the case to the European Court of Human Rights automatically
3. COrder Parliament to amend the Act within a month
4. DStrike down the Act immediately

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

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

In Ireland v UK (1978), the European Court of Human Rights held that the "five techniques" used in interrogating detainees in Northern Ireland were:

1. AA breach of Article 5 only
2. BTorture under Article 3
3. CLawful because of the emergency
4. DInhuman and degrading treatment, but not torture

A health authority moves a severely disabled woman into a care home after promising it would be her "home for life", then decides to close it. In R v North and East Devon HA, ex p Coughlan:

1. AThe promise could be broken whenever policy changed
2. BOnly a fair consultation was required
3. CFrustrating her substantive legitimate expectation was an abuse of power
4. DThe promise was void because the authority had no statutory power to make it