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1.Easy

Diminished responsibility is a partial defence available only to a charge of:

  1. ARobbery
  2. BMurder
  3. CRape
  4. DTheft
2.Easy

In English law, a "wound" for section 20 OAPA 1861 requires:

  1. AA break in both layers of the skin
  2. BAny visible bruise on the body
  3. CA broken bone
  4. DLoss of consciousness
3.Easy

In English law, which court tries the most serious (indictable-only) offences such as murder?

  1. AThe county court
  2. BThe Crown Court
  3. CThe Court of Appeal
  4. DThe magistrates' court
4.Medium

Gang members threaten D to make her rob a post office. D had joined the gang knowing it used violence. Following R v Hasan, D:

  1. ACan rely on duress only if the robbery failed
  2. BCannot rely on duress because she voluntarily associated with violent criminals
  3. CCan rely on duress because the threat was real, immediate and impossible for her to escape
  4. DCan rely on necessity instead of duress
5.Medium

D swaps price labels on two items in a supermarket, intending to pay the lower price. Following R v Morris, the appropriation took place when D:

  1. ASwitched the labels, assuming one of the owner's rights
  2. BPaid at the checkout
  3. CPut the item in the trolley
  4. DLeft the shop without paying
6.Medium

The "thin skull" rule in criminal law means:

  1. AThe defendant must take the victim as they find them
  2. BA frail victim breaks the chain of causation
  3. COnly healthy victims are protected
  4. DThe victim's injuries must be foreseeable in extent
7.Hard

In R v Malcherek and Steel (1981), doctors switched off life-support machines after diagnosing brain death. The court held:

  1. ASwitching off did not break the chain; the original assailants caused the deaths
  2. BThe defendants were guilty only of attempted murder
  3. CThe victims died of natural causes in law
  4. DThe doctors became the legal cause of death by deliberately switching off the machines
8.Hard

In the Dutch "Opticien" judgment (Hoge Raad, 1923), an optician sold glasses after closing time to a man who had broken his. The court recognised:

  1. AMental disorder as an excuse under Article 39 Sr
  2. BNecessity (noodtoestand) as a form of overmacht under Article 40 Sr
  3. CSelf-defence of property under Article 41 Sr
  4. DAn official order (ambtelijk bevel) as a justification under Article 43 Sr

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Murder
  2. 2. A · A break in both layers of the skin
  3. 3. B · The Crown Court
  4. 4. B · Cannot rely on duress because she voluntarily associated with violent criminals
  5. 5. A · Switched the labels, assuming one of the owner's rights
  6. 6. A · The defendant must take the victim as they find them
  7. 7. A · Switching off did not break the chain; the original assailants caused the deaths
  8. 8. B · Necessity (noodtoestand) as a form of overmacht under Article 40 Sr

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