Constitutional law worksheet with answers

Which Act created the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom?

1. AScotland Act 1998
2. BConstitutional Reform Act 2005
3. CHuman Rights Act 1998
4. DParliament Act 1911

Articles 8 to 11 of the ECHR are "qualified" rights. This means that:

1. AThey protect only qualified professionals
2. BThey can be restricted only during war or a public emergency threatening the life of the nation, under Article 15
3. CInterferences can be justified if lawful, for a legitimate aim and necessary in a democratic society
4. DThey can never be restricted in any way

The Sewel convention says that the UK Parliament will not normally:

1. ALegislate on Scottish matters without first holding a referendum in Scotland
2. BChange taxes without a referendum
3. CLegislate on devolved matters without the devolved legislature's consent
4. DDebate matters concerning Scotland

In CCSU v Minister for the Civil Service (the GCHQ case), Lord Diplock classified the grounds of judicial review as:

1. ALegality, legitimacy and proportionality
2. BIllegality, irrationality and procedural impropriety
3. CFraud, mistake and duress
4. DJurisdiction, motive and fairness

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. BRequired the courts to hear the case again
3. CIncreased the compensation payable
4. DRemoved the right to compensation retrospectively

In R v Bow Street Magistrate, ex p Pinochet (No 2), the House of Lords set aside its own earlier decision because:

1. APinochet had not been given a lawyer of his own choice at the hearing
2. BThe judges had made a legal mistake
3. CThe case had been heard in private
4. DOne judge had links to a charity that was a party to the case

A tribunal orders publication of Prince Charles's letters to ministers. The Attorney General issues a certificate under the Freedom of Information Act overriding it. In R (Evans) v Attorney General (2015), the Supreme Court held:

1. AThe letters could never be published
2. BThe certificate was valid, as the Act gave him an unqualified veto over any tribunal decision on disclosure
3. CThe Act was incompatible with Article 10 ECHR
4. DThe certificate was invalid, as he had merely disagreed with the tribunal's view of the same facts

In the Harmonisatiewet judgment (1989), the Dutch Supreme Court held that Article 120 of the Constitution:

1. APrevents courts from reviewing Acts of Parliament against fundamental principles of law
2. BAllows courts to strike down Acts that breach fundamental principles such as legal certainty
3. CApplies only to delegated legislation
4. DWas overridden by the principle of legal certainty