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1.Easy

Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibits discrimination:

  1. AIn every area of life, as a free-standing right
  2. BIn the enjoyment of the other Convention rights
  3. COnly by private employers
  4. DOnly on grounds of nationality
2.Easy

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

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

Which body adopts laws in a parliamentary democracy?

  1. AThe supreme court
  2. BThe legislature (parliament)
  3. CThe prime minister alone
  4. DThe police
4.Medium

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
5.Medium

After Burmah Oil v Lord Advocate held that compensation was due for property destroyed during the war, Parliament passed the War Damage Act 1965, which:

  1. AWas struck down by the courts
  2. BRemoved the right to compensation retrospectively
  3. CIncreased the compensation payable
  4. DRequired the courts to hear the case again
6.Medium

To bring a claim for judicial review in England and Wales, the claimant must have:

  1. AA sufficient interest in the matter
  2. BSuffered financial loss
  3. CPermission from the minister
  4. DA contract with the public body
7.Hard

The Venice Commission is:

  1. AA United Nations body that hears individual human rights complaints
  2. BAn Italian regional parliament
  3. CThe EU's highest court
  4. DThe Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional law
8.Hard

In R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal (2019), the Supreme Court held that an ouster clause protecting the Tribunal's decisions:

  1. AApplied only to decisions on national security
  2. BWas invalid because it was in secondary legislation
  3. CDid not exclude judicial review of its errors of law
  4. DExcluded all review of its decisions

Answer key

  1. 1. B · In the enjoyment of the other Convention rights
  2. 2. D · A public authority to act incompatibly with Convention rights
  3. 3. B · The legislature (parliament)
  4. 4. A · Make a declaration of incompatibility, leaving the Act in force
  5. 5. B · Removed the right to compensation retrospectively
  6. 6. A · A sufficient interest in the matter
  7. 7. D · The Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional law
  8. 8. C · Did not exclude judicial review of its errors of law

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