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180

Questions

306 min

Time Limit

57.00%

Passing Score

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✍️ Sample SQE Questions & Answers

1. What is the test for dishonesty following the Supreme Court decision in Ivey v Genting Casinos [2017]?

✓ Whether the defendant's conduct was dishonest by the standards of ordinary, reasonable, and honest people

Ivey established a single objective test: a court first ascertains the defendant's actual state of knowledge, then asks whether their conduct was dishonest by the standards of ordinary honest people.

2. Under the rule in Donoghue v Stevenson [1932], what principle was established by the House of Lords?

✓ A manufacturer owes a duty of care to the ultimate consumer where the product reaches them without a reasonable possibility of intermediate examination

Donoghue v Stevenson established that a manufacturer owes a duty to the ultimate consumer where there is no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination, founding modern negligence law.

3. What is the standard period for a pre-contract search with the local authority?

✓ LLC1 and Con29

A local authority search consists of the LLC1 (local land charges register) and Con29 (enquiries of local authority).

4. The defence of volenti non fit injuria (consent) in tort requires which of the following?

✓ The claimant must have voluntarily agreed to accept both the physical and legal risk of the defendant's negligence

Volenti requires that the claimant freely and voluntarily agreed to accept the legal risk (not just the physical risk) of injury, as confirmed in ICI v Shatwell [1965].

5. Under the Theft Act 1968, which element is NOT required to establish theft?

✓ Violence or threat

Theft under s.1 Theft Act 1968 requires appropriation of property belonging to another, dishonestly and with intent to permanently deprive — violence is not an element.

6. What is the mens rea required for murder under English law?

✓ Intention to kill or cause grievous bodily harm

Murder requires proof that the defendant intended either to kill or to cause grievous bodily harm, as confirmed in R v Moloney [1985].

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