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1.Easy

In England and Wales, which body decides on charges in most serious cases and conducts public prosecutions?

  1. AThe Law Commission
  2. BThe Magistrates' Association
  3. CThe Home Office
  4. DThe Crown Prosecution Service
2.Easy

Which statute contains the main non-fatal offences against the person in England and Wales (ABH, wounding, GBH)?

  1. AThe Criminal Damage Act 1971
  2. BThe Theft Act 1968
  3. CThe Homicide Act 1957
  4. DThe Offences Against the Person Act 1861
3.Easy

A defendant who did not know what they were doing because of a severe mental disease may rely on:

  1. AProvocation
  2. BDuress
  3. CNecessity
  4. DInsanity
4.Medium

The "thin skull" rule in criminal law means:

  1. AThe defendant must take the victim as they find them
  2. BOnly healthy victims are protected
  3. CThe victim's injuries must be foreseeable in extent
  4. DA frail victim breaks the chain of causation
5.Medium

D drives on the pavement to escape a man who is threatening to kill him. The most suitable defence is:

  1. ALoss of control
  2. BDuress of circumstances
  3. CConsent
  4. DDiminished responsibility
6.Medium

D is present when a crime is committed but does nothing to help or encourage it. Following R v Clarkson, D is:

  1. AThe principal, because D witnessed the whole crime
  2. BAn accessory, because D could have called the police
  3. CNot an accessory, because mere presence without intent to encourage is not enough
  4. DAn accessory, because voluntary presence at the scene always amounts to encouragement
7.Hard

Conspiracy in English law requires:

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

In R v Larsonneur (1933), a French woman was convicted of being an illegal alien in the UK after being brought there by police against her will. The case illustrates:

  1. ATransferred malice from the police to the defendant
  2. BA state of affairs offence where liability arose without a voluntary act
  3. CThe defence of duress of circumstances excusing an involuntary immigration offence
  4. DThe requirement of a duty for omissions

Answer key

  1. 1. D · The Crown Prosecution Service
  2. 2. D · The Offences Against the Person Act 1861
  3. 3. D · Insanity
  4. 4. A · The defendant must take the victim as they find them
  5. 5. B · Duress of circumstances
  6. 6. C · Not an accessory, because mere presence without intent to encourage is not enough
  7. 7. B · An agreement between two or more people to commit a crime, with intent that it be carried out
  8. 8. B · A state of affairs offence where liability arose without a voluntary act

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