CILEX L6 Study Guide 2026
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📚 CILEX L6 Topics to Study (29)
✍️ Sample CILEX L6 Questions & Answers
1. What is the threshold for charging a suspect under the Code for Crown Prosecutors?
The Full Code Test in the Code for Crown Prosecutors requires: (1) evidential stage — there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction (an objective test — would a properly directed jury be more likely than not to convict?), and (2) public interest stage — prosecution is in the public interest.
2. What is 'knowing receipt' following Bank of Credit and Commerce International (Overseas) Ltd v Akindele [2001]?
In BCCI v Akindele [2001] Ch 437, the Court of Appeal held that the single touchstone for knowing receipt is whether the defendant's state of knowledge was such as to make it unconscionable for them to retain the benefit of the property.
3. What is the role of the Parliamentary Ombudsman (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman)?
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman investigates complaints about maladministration (including delay, incompetence, and misleading information) causing injustice in government departments and NHS bodies. Complaints must be referred through an MP (the MP filter), and the PHSO's findings are not legally binding but are generally followed.
4. What is 'gain-based' damages in contract law and when might they be awarded?
In AG v Blake [2001] AC 268, the House of Lords held that in exceptional cases (here, breach of a contract with the Crown by a spy), an account of profits may be ordered in contract. The remedy is discretionary and available only where compensatory damages would be inadequate.
5. Under the American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon Ltd [1975] principles, an interim injunction in a tort claim will be granted where:
American Cyanamid replaced the old 'prima facie case' threshold with a two-stage test: (1) is there a serious question to be tried? and (2) where does the balance of convenience lie — most importantly, would damages adequately compensate the claimant if the injunction were refused?
6. What is the doctrine of adverse possession under the Land Registration Act 2002 and how does it differ from the pre-2002 regime?
The LRA 2002 (Schedule 6) fundamentally reformed adverse possession for registered land. After 10 years of adverse possession, the squatter may apply for registration. The proprietor is notified and can object. If they object, the application fails unless the squatter satisfies one of three conditions in para 5 (estoppel, some other right to the land, or reasonable mistake as to boundaries). If the proprietor fails to evict within 2 years of a failed application, the squatter can reapply successfully.