This game is to test your
knowledge of Civil Law
The questions relate to Unit 2,
Areas of Study 1 and 2
3 lifelines:
•50/50 – your
teacher will tell you
which two are
available
•Phone a friend –
choose one person
in the audience to
ask
•Audience – hand
up for A/B/C/D
In which court would a civil claim for $80,000 be
heard?
A.
High Court
B.
Supreme Court
C.
County Court
D.
Magistrates’ Court
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Which of the following decisions forms binding
precedent on the Victorian County Court?
A.
A decision of the Federal Court
C. A decision of the Victorian
Supreme Court
B. A decision of the Victorian
Coroner’s Court
D.
A decision of the NSW District Court
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Which of the following is not a civil remedy?
A.
Punishment
B.
Damages
C.
Specific Performance
D.
Injunction
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ADR refers to
A.
Alternative Dispute Revolution
B.
Alternative Dispute Restitution
C.
Alternative Dispute Representation
D.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Which of the following relationships does not have
an automatic duty of care?
A.
C.
Aid agency and volunteers
Employer and employee
B.
D.
Solicitor and client
Producer and consumer
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Which of the following is not an element of
negligence to be proven by the plaintiff
A.
Reasonable assumption
B.
Harm or injury caused
C.
Duty of care
D.
Breach of duty of care
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VCAT stands for:
A.
Victorian Civil Assistance Tribunal
B.
Victorian Civil and Administrative
Tribunal
C.
Victorian Civil Admissions Tribunal
D.
Victorian Civil Authority Tribunal
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The case that established the law of negligence in
Australia was:
A.
C.
Donoghue v Stevenson
Shaddock v Parramatta City
Council
B.
Grant v Australian Knitting Mills
D.
Norris v Sibberas
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Which of the following is a defence to a defamation
claim:
A.
C.
B.
The defendant published the
defamatory statement to a small
number of people
D.
The defamatory statement is
true
The defamatory statement
referred to the plaintiff
The defamatory statement is
untrue
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The method of dispute resolution that involves an
independent third party assisting communication
between parties, but no further action is :
A.
Arbitration
C.
Conciliation
B.
Negotiation
D.
Mediation
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Something of value that passes from one party to a
contract to another party to enforce the contract is
called:
A.
Certainty
C.
Offer
B.
Consideration
D.
Acceptance
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The difference between public and private
nuisance is
A. Public nuisance refers to
interference by government,
and private by people
C. Public nuisance refers to
interference with public
property, and private to
own land
B. Public nuisance refers to
damage of public property,
and private to private
property
D. Public nuisance refers to
interference with a number of
people, and private to one
person
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The part of civil pre-trial procedures that is concerned with
uncovering facts of the dispute is:
A.
Pleadings
C.
B.
Writ
D.
Discovery
Statement of claim
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Which of the following results in precedent remaining
unchanged?
A.
Overruling
B.
C.
Reversing
D.
Disapproving
Distributing
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The type of damages where the defendant is ordered to pay
the plaintiff a large sum of damages as punishment for their
actions is called:
A.
Nominal damages
C.
Compensatory damages
B.
Exemplary damages
D.
Contemptuous damages
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