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1.Easy

Necessity was rejected as a defence to murder in the famous shipwreck case of:

  1. AR v Miller
  2. BR v Collins
  3. CR v Dudley and Stephens
  4. DR v Brown
2.Easy

In Dutch criminal law, "noodweer" (Article 41(1) Sr) is:

  1. AA form of preparation for committing a crime
  2. BA justification for necessary defence against an immediate unlawful attack
  3. CAn excuse based on a strong emotional disturbance caused by an unlawful attack
  4. DA rule allowing police to stop and search people
3.Easy

Which of these is a "specific intent" offence in English law for the purposes of intoxication?

  1. AMurder
  2. BBattery
  3. CManslaughter
  4. DAssault occasioning actual bodily harm
4.Medium

D knocks over a candle by accident, sees a fire start, and walks away without doing anything. The house burns down. D is most likely:

  1. ALiable, because D created a dangerous situation and failed to act
  2. BNot liable, because the law imposes no duty to act to protect property
  3. CNot liable, because the fire started by accident
  4. DLiable only if D intended to start the fire initially
5.Medium

D throws a paving stone off a bridge onto a train, killing the guard. D did not think anyone would be hurt. Following DPP v Newbury and Jones, D is guilty of:

  1. AMurder, as the act was likely to kill
  2. BUnlawful act manslaughter, as the act was unlawful and objectively dangerous
  3. CNo offence, as D did not subjectively foresee any risk of harm to anyone at all
  4. DGross negligence manslaughter only
6.Medium

D, carrying an imitation gun and a threatening note, walks towards a post office to rob it but is arrested outside before entering. Under the Criminal Attempts Act 1981, D is most likely guilty of:

  1. AAttempted robbery, because D was carrying an imitation gun and a threatening note
  2. BRobbery, because the intention was proved
  3. CBurglary, because D intended to enter the building
  4. DNothing as attempted robbery yet, because D has not gone beyond preparation
7.Hard

Conspiracy in English law requires:

  1. AA written plan
  2. BAt least one of the conspirators to have carried out an overt act towards committing the agreed crime
  3. CAn agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, with intent that it be carried out
  4. DThe crime to be actually committed
8.Hard

In R v Windle (1952), the court interpreted "wrong" in the M'Naghten Rules to mean:

  1. AMorally wrong by society's standards
  2. BWrong in the eyes of a doctor
  3. CLegally wrong
  4. DWrong according to the defendant's own beliefs

Answer key

  1. 1. C · R v Dudley and Stephens
  2. 2. B · A justification for necessary defence against an immediate unlawful attack
  3. 3. A · Murder
  4. 4. A · Liable, because D created a dangerous situation and failed to act
  5. 5. B · Unlawful act manslaughter, as the act was unlawful and objectively dangerous
  6. 6. D · Nothing as attempted robbery yet, because D has not gone beyond preparation
  7. 7. C · An agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, with intent that it be carried out
  8. 8. C · Legally wrong

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