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By: Dominic Borthwick
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Decks in this class (20)

Law basics
Who sits in a magistrates court 1,
Who sits in crown court 2,
Convicted criminal 3
30  cards
Test: Theft
Section 1 1 theft 1,
S3 1 appropriation 2,
How many rights must d assume and...
31  cards
Test: GNM
Set out four part test must be a ...,
Voluntary assumption of care only...,
Breach must involve a risk of dea...
5  cards
Test: UAM
Act must be criminal 1,
Act must be all elements of unlaw...,
D does not need to foresee any ha...
11  cards
Test: Murder
Unlawful means not reasonable and...,
Fully released from womb and capa...,
Life ends at brain stem death 3
6  cards
Actus Reus
Actus reus 1,
Act definition and cases 2,
Omissions where it does and doesn...
10  cards
Paper 1 cases
Involuntary act 1,
Contractual 2,
Relationship 3
19  cards
Causation
Two types of causation 1,
Test for factual causation 2,
Case for factual causation passing 3
17  cards
All cases
Literal rule 1,
Golden rule 2,
Mischief rule 3
58  cards
Rules of interpretation
Literal rule 1,
Literal rule case 1 and brief fac...,
Literal rule case 2 and brief fac...
14  cards
Rules of language
Ejusdem generis 1,
Ejusdem generis case and facts 2,
Expressio unius est exclusio alte...
6  cards
Aids
Intrinsic aids 1,
3 intrinsic aids 2,
Short title case 3
11  cards
advantages and disadvantages of rule of interpretation
Literal rule advantages 1,
Literal rule disadvantages 2,
Golden rule advantages 3
8  cards
advantages and disadvantages of Intrinsic and extrinsic aids
Intrinsic short title 1,
Intrinsic short title 2,
Intrinsic definition sections 3
10  cards
Non fatal offences cases
Gestures actions can be an assault 1,
Silence or spoken words can be an...,
Written words can be an assault 3
27  cards
Test: offer and acceptance (contract)
Ending offers first 3 1,
Counter offer ends when a new one...,
Once reasonable time has been lap...
21  cards
Test: Consideration (Contract)
Define consideration 1,
Rule 1 2,
Wrappers sufficient consideration 3
24  cards
Test: Negligence
Negligence created in 1,
3 part tested created in 2,
Reasonably forseeable damage 3
18  cards
Test: Judicial Precedent
What does star decisis mean 1,
What does obiter dicta mean 2,
What does ratio decidendi 3
18  cards
Test: Rylands v Fletcher
Rylands v fletcher 1,
What case shows land belongs to d...,
D will not control the land when ...
17  cards

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