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Formation of a contract: Offer
Unilateral contract,
Bilateral contract,
What is an offer
31
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Formation of a contract: Acceptance
What does acceptance confirm,
Once an offer has been accepted t...,
What does there have to be alongs...
26
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Formation of a contract: Consideration
What does every contract contain,
What does consideration mean,
What case defined consideration
33
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Formation of a contract: Intention to Create Legal Relations
Once offer and acceptance have ta...,
What is the presumption on busine...,
What happens with the presumption...
31
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Formation of a contract: Privity of a contract
What is the definition of privity,
What case set out the concept of ...,
Dunlop v selfridge
17
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Criminal Courts & Lay People: Magistrates
How many magistrates are in engla...,
What are magistrates,
How many mc courts are in england...
27
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Criminal Courts & Lay People: Juries
Where are juries used,
What cases are juries used for,
What percentage of trials are jur...
36
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Criminal Courts & Lay People: Crown Court Jurisdiction
How many cases does the crown cou...,
What cases do crown court hear,
When do they hear the case
6
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Criminal Courts & Lay People: Classification of Offences
What are the two criminal courts,
What is a summary offence,
What court is a summary offence h...
10
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Criminal Courts & Lay People: Pre-Trial Procedure
Where will the accussed be put be...,
What happens with summary offences,
What happens if a d pleads guilty...
18
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Criminal Courts & Lay People: Appeals from MC
Who is the cc available to only,
On what grounds can the defence g...,
When can the defence go to appeal...
14
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Criminal Courts & Lay People: Appeals from CC
Where can the defence and prosecu...,
When can the prosecution appeal t...,
Why can the prosecution appeal on...
11
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Criminal Courts & Lay People: Sentencing Aims
What are the different kinds of aims,
How can the courts punish offenders,
What is retribution
11
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Criminal Courts & Lay People: Sentencing Factors
What are the types of sentencing ...,
What are offence details,
What are aggravating and mitigati...
7
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Criminal Courts & Lay People: Types of sentencing
What are the different types of s...,
What are the different types of c...,
What is a mandatory life sentence
22
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Civil Courts & ADR: County Court Jurisdiction
How many county courts are there,
What is the max claim the cc can ...,
What are the main areas of jurisd...
6
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Civil Courts & ADR: High Court Jurisdiction
What are the three divisions of t...,
Who heads the qbd,
What kind of cases does the lcj d...
16
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Civil Courts & ADR: Pre-Trial Procedure
What claim form must be filled,
Who fills out the n1 claim form,
What does the n1 claim form include
12
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Civil Courts & ADR: The Three-Track System
Who introduced the three track sy...,
What was the report called made b...,
Why was the three track system cr...
20
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Civil Courts & ADR: Appeal from the Civil Courts
When can parties appeal,
What is needed to be granted an a...,
What cases can appeal from the co...
11
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Civil Courts & ADR: ADR
What does lord woolf s reforms ac...,
Who used adr,
What are the types of adr
7
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Civil Courts & ADR: Employment Tribunals
Intro what is a tribunal,
Intro what do tribunals help with,
Procedure how is it formal
22
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Civil Courts AO3
Use of a legally qualified person,
Time managment,
Use of precedent
8
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ADR AO3
M c parties in control,
M c speed and costs,
M c private
16
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Legal Personnel: Barristers
How many barristers are in englan...,
What are barristers,
What do barristers focus on
17
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Legal Personnel: Solicitors
How many solicitors are there in ...,
How many work for private practic...,
Who are solicitors represented by
14
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Legal Personnel: Legal Executives
How many le s are there,
What do le s do,
Who are le s
10
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Attempts
Under what act is attempts define...,
What does s1 1 criminal attempts ...,
What happened in the case of white
22
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Legal Personnel: Queen's Counsel
How can someone become part of th...,
What is being a qc know as,
How many barristers are qc s
10
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Legal Personnel: Qualifications of Judges
What act changed the qualificatio...,
What did the act change,
What is the time to for inferior ...
22
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Legal Personnel: Judge's Role
What do dj s do,
What do recorders do,
Who are recorders
18
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Legal Personnel: The Separation of Powers
Who formulated the theory,
What did he state,
What does the executive do
6
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Legal Personnel: Independance of the judiciary
Removal of judges what act is ass...,
What does the senior courts act 1...,
What act is associated with
17
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Legal Personnel: Advantages of Judicial Independence
P fair decisions,
P protects citizens,
P protects judges
4
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Legal Personnel: Judges AO3
P better selection procedure,
P increased diversity,
P judges are usually educated to ...
8
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Fatal Offences: Murder
Who defined murder,
What did lord coke define murder as,
What kind of law is murder
29
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Fatal Offences: Diminished Responsibilty
What is voluntary manslaughter,
What act sets out voluntary mansl...,
What kind of defence is voluntary...
17
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Fatal Offences: Loss of Control
What is voluntary manslaughter,
Which act does voluntary manslaug...,
Which act does loss of control co...
21
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Fatal Offences: Unlawful Act Manslaughter
What is involuntary manslaughter,
What is the maximum sentence for ...,
What is the test for uam
16
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Fatal Offences: Gross Negligenct Manslaughter
What is gross negligent manslaughter,
Which case re confirmed the test ...,
What is the test for gnm
12
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Non - Fatal offences: Assault
What kind of offences are assault...,
What law in common assault,
What act does it come under
9
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Non - Fatal Offences: Battery
What is the ar for battery,
What is the mr for battery,
What is force
5
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Non - Fatal Offences: The Offence Against Persons Act 1861 - ABH
What is included in oapa 1861,
What is the ar of abh,
What did miller define
8
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Non - Fatal Offences: The Offence Against Persons Act 1861 - S.20
What is the ar for gbh s20,
What is the mr for s20 gbh,
What did dpp v smith define gbh as
14
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Non - Fatal Offences: The Offence Against Persons Act 1861 - S.18
What is the ar for s18 gbh,
What did dpp v smith define gbh as,
What is the mr for s18 gbh
7
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Defences: Consent
What is consent,
When in consent available,
When is consent not available
23
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Defences: Self - Defence
What does self defence cover,
What crime can self defence be us...,
What act regulates self defence
17
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Defences: Intoxication
What does intoxication cover,
What are the two types of intoxic...,
What is voluntary intoxication
23
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Defences: Insanity
What case defined insanity,
What did the mcnaghten rules 1843...,
What must be proved to use the de...
12
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Defences: Automatism
What case defined automatism,
What did bratty v ag define autom...,
What is automatism
15
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Defences: Duress by threats
What is duress,
What kind of defence is duress,
What kind of crimes can duress be...
15
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Defences: Duress of circumstance/necessity
What is duress of circumstances n...,
What happened in dudley v stephens,
What is the test for duress of ci...
7
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Property: Theft
What type of offence is theft,
What is the maximum sentence for ...,
What act does theft come under
37
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Property: Robbery
What type of offence is robbery,
What is the maximum sentence for ...,
What act does robbery come under
18
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Property: Burglary
What is burglary,
What act does burglary come under,
What kind of offence is burglary
19
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Parliamentary Law Making and Law Reform: The Legislative Process
What is the first stage of the le...,
What are the different types of b...,
What is a private bill
22
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Parliamentary Law Making and Law Reform: AO3
P lengthy process,
P democratically elected,
P green paper allows public to vo...
8
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Parliamentary Law Making and Law Reform: Influences
What are the 5 influences,
What is political influences,
Before a law is passed what must ...
24
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Parliamentary Law Making and Law Reform: The Law Commission
Who are the lc,
What is the composition of the lc,
Who is the chairman
13
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Parliamentary Law Making and Law Reform: Influences AO3
P success of the lc,
P political influence ensures the...,
P public opinion media leads to l...
8
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Delegated Legislation: Types of DL
What are the types of dl,
What is dl,
Where is the authority laid out
22
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Negligence: Intro & DOC
What case defined negligence,
What did blyth define negligence as,
What can negligence be committed ...
17
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Negligence: Breach of Duty
What happens once a doc is establ...,
What test is breach of duty,
What is the breach of duty judged to
30
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Negligence: Damage
What must the claimant prove,
What are the two parts for establ...,
What is causation in fact
19
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Negligence: Defences
What are the different defences f...,
What is contributory negligence,
What is a case for contributory n...
7
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Delegated Legislation: Controls of DL: Parliament
Why is there controls of delegate...,
What is the enabling act,
What is included in the enabling act
11
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Delegated Legislation: Controls of DL: Courts
What is judicial review,
What will happen if a judicial re...,
What are the types of ultra vires
9
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Delegated Legislation: AO3
P time,
P knowledge and technical expertise,
P parliament need to response qui...
8
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Statutory Interpretation: The Literal Rule
What is the definition of the lit...,
What are two features of the lite...,
What are two cases of the literal...
7
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Statutory Interpretation: The Golden Rule
What is the definition of the gol...,
What are two features of the gold...,
What is the narrow application
10
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Statutory Interpretation: The Mischief Rule
What is the definition for the mi...,
What is an example of a reformed act,
What is a feature of the mischief...
10
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Statutory Interpretation: The Purposive Approach
What is the definition of the pur...,
What are two features of the purp...,
What are two cases for the purpos...
7
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Statutory Interpretation: Intrinsic Aids
What are the types of intrinsic aids,
What is the title of the statute,
What is the preamble
8
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Statutory Interpretation: Extrinsic Aids
What are the different types of e...,
What is a dictionary,
What are previous acts of parliament
7
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Statutory Interpretation: Effect on EU law and HR
What approach is most prefered by eu,
How did being part of the eu affe...,
What happened in the marleasing case
6
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Occupiers' Liability Act 1957
What is an occupier,
What did wheat v e lacon ltd,
What did harris v birkenhead corp...
37
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Occupiers' Liability Act 1984
What is a trespassers,
What does s1 1 a ola 1984 state,
What does s1 3 a ola 1984 state
18
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Torts connected to land: Nuisance
What is a private nuisance,
What can a claim be,
What case can be used for an indi...
44
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Torts connected to land: Rylands v Fletcher
What is strict liability,
What test did r v f state,
What happened in r v f
25
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Vicarious Liability: Intro
What is vicarious liability,
Where is vicarious liability comm...,
Who are the parties to a vicariou...
8
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Vicarious Liability: Employment status
What is employment status,
What is the control test,
What woud the control test have c...
16
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Vicarious Liability: The Course of Employment
What is needed for the employer t...,
What are the different kinds of c...,
What is acting against orders
15
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Vicarious Liability: Tort committed
What needs to be proved,
What happened in lister v hesley ...,
What happened in mohamud v morris...
6
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Vicarious Liability: Independent Contractors
Who is an ic,
What happened in barclays bank v ...,
What is ao3 for ic
3
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Vicarious Liability: Akin to Employment
What must courts establish for ak...,
What case sets out the 5 criterias,
What is the criteria
6
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Discharge by Performance
What is discharge,
What is the strict rule,
What happened in cutter v powell
24
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Discharge by frustration
What is the old strict rule,
What happened in paradine v jane,
What is the current law on frustr...
25
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Discharge by Breach
What is discharge by breach,
What happens if an obligation is ...,
J
14
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Judicial Precedent: Hierarchy of courts
What is the european court of jutice,
What is the eupoean court of huma...,
What is the supreme court
7
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Judicial Precedent: Types of Precedent
What is stare decisis,
What is binding precedent,
What happens if a case invovles a...
25
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Judicial Precedent: Avoiding a binding precedent
What does stare decisis mean,
When can a judge avoid binding pr...,
What is reversing
10
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Judicial Precedent: The Practice Statement
What is the practice statement,
What did austin v southwark state,
What case did sc use the ps
17
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Judicial Precedent: CoA overruling itself
Who is the coa bound by,
What two divisions don t bind eac...,
Which case outlines the exception...
7
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Judicial Precedent: AO3
What does stare decisis create,
What is given to judges,
What does jp promote
8
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Vitiating Factors: Economic Duress
What is economic duress,
How do the courts deal with econo...,
What happens if economic duress i...
15
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Vitiating Factors: Misrepresentation
What is misrepresentation,
When can misrepresentation only o...,
What doesn t misrepresentation au...
42
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Contract - terms: types of terms
What are terms of a contract,
What is a condition,
What happened in poussard v spier...
10
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Contract - terms: terms implied by common law
What are expressed terms,
What are implied terms,
What are terms implied by common law
23
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Contract - terms: terms implied by statute
What will acts depend on,
What is the business to consumer act,
What is some ao3 for the intro
36
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Contract - terms: exclusion and limitiation clauses by common law
What are exclusion clauses,
What are limitation clauses,
What is some ao3 for exclusion an...
30
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Contract - terms: exclusion and limitation clauses by statutory controls
When won t exclusion clauses be p...,
What provisions have parliament i...,
What does the unfair conracts act...
5
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Contract - terms: exclusion and limitation clauses - The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
What does the unfair contract ter...,
What exclusion clauses can t be e...,
What is s2 1
17
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Contract - terms: exclusion and limitation clauses - The Consumer Rights Act 2015
What does cra 2015 cover,
What does cra 2015 include,
What is excluded limiting liabili...
25
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Remedies: Tort
What is the aim of remedies,
What is a pecuniary loss,
What is a non pecuniary loss
15
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