aqa a-level law questions with 100%
correct answers graded A+
Contemporaneity rule - correct answers-fagan v mpc [1969], thabo-meli v r [1954]
Statutory duty of care - correct answers-s1 children & young persons act 1933
Strict liability - correct answers-r v prince [1875], r v blake [1997]
Duty of care / special relationship - correct answers-r v gibbons & proctor [1918]
Duty of care / assumption of care - correct answers-r v stone & dobinson [1977]
Duty of care / contract of employment - correct answers-r v pittwood [1902]
Duty of care / official position - correct answers-r v dytham [1979]
Duty of care / avert own danger - correct answers-r v miller [1983]
"state of affairs" offences - correct answers-s1 prevention of crime act 1953
Factual causation - correct answers-but for d's action, consequence would not have been suffered
Legal causation - correct answers-all elements satisfied for d to be liable
Transferred malice - correct answers-r v latimer [1886], r v mitchell [1983]
Crime - correct answers-'the act prohibited with penal consequences'
Edward coke - correct answers-'an act is not guilty unless the mind is also guilty'
Mtmp - correct answers-s1 criminal attempts act 1981
Capacity defences - correct answers-d could not form mens rea
Necessity defences - correct answers-d did form mens rea; had a valid excuse
Burden of proof - correct answers-d is innocent until proven guilty
Standard of proof - correct answers-beyond all reasonable doubt
Why is standard of proof higher than in civil cases - correct answers-d's liberty is at stake
Paternalism - correct answers-the state is justified in protecting individuals from harm
Legal moralism - correct answers-immoral conduct is criminalised for better social cohesion
Autonomous - correct answers-legally capable of making one's own decisions; therefore legally
responsible for the consequence
H.l.a hart's book - correct answers-law, liberty and morality (1968) [paternalism- stopping somebody
from harming themselves is also a justification for criminalising conduct]
correct answers graded A+
Contemporaneity rule - correct answers-fagan v mpc [1969], thabo-meli v r [1954]
Statutory duty of care - correct answers-s1 children & young persons act 1933
Strict liability - correct answers-r v prince [1875], r v blake [1997]
Duty of care / special relationship - correct answers-r v gibbons & proctor [1918]
Duty of care / assumption of care - correct answers-r v stone & dobinson [1977]
Duty of care / contract of employment - correct answers-r v pittwood [1902]
Duty of care / official position - correct answers-r v dytham [1979]
Duty of care / avert own danger - correct answers-r v miller [1983]
"state of affairs" offences - correct answers-s1 prevention of crime act 1953
Factual causation - correct answers-but for d's action, consequence would not have been suffered
Legal causation - correct answers-all elements satisfied for d to be liable
Transferred malice - correct answers-r v latimer [1886], r v mitchell [1983]
Crime - correct answers-'the act prohibited with penal consequences'
Edward coke - correct answers-'an act is not guilty unless the mind is also guilty'
Mtmp - correct answers-s1 criminal attempts act 1981
Capacity defences - correct answers-d could not form mens rea
Necessity defences - correct answers-d did form mens rea; had a valid excuse
Burden of proof - correct answers-d is innocent until proven guilty
Standard of proof - correct answers-beyond all reasonable doubt
Why is standard of proof higher than in civil cases - correct answers-d's liberty is at stake
Paternalism - correct answers-the state is justified in protecting individuals from harm
Legal moralism - correct answers-immoral conduct is criminalised for better social cohesion
Autonomous - correct answers-legally capable of making one's own decisions; therefore legally
responsible for the consequence
H.l.a hart's book - correct answers-law, liberty and morality (1968) [paternalism- stopping somebody
from harming themselves is also a justification for criminalising conduct]
