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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE
Joint Examination for the Higher School Certificate
and General Certificate of Education Advanced Level
9084/1
LAW
PAPER 1 Law and Legal Process
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER SESSION 2001
3 hours
Additional materials:
Answer paper
TIME
3 hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer
paper/answer booklet.
Answer any four questions.
Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.
If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
All questions in this paper carry equal marks.
You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.
This question paper consists of 2 printed pages.
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Answer any four questions.
1
Using decided cases, define and explain what amounts to an ‘actionable misrepresentation’ and
the remedies that might be granted.
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2
In negligence there is one question that must always be asked, ‘Was it reasonably foreseeable
that the defendant’s carelessness would have inflicted on this plaintiff the kind of harm of which he
complains?’ Explain what you understand by ‘reasonably foreseeable’ in this context.
[25]
3
Distinguish between express and implied terms of a contract. Discuss the different ways in
which the Sale of Goods Act may protect the disappointed consumer.
[25]
4
‘The main purpose of law is the maintenance of law and order’. Discuss.
5
Discuss the defences which are available to the defendant in order to establish lack of intention
when charged with murder.
[25]
6
Describe the main non-custodial sentences available to a court. Explain the factors that may
prompt the court to impose them rather than a sentence of imprisonment.
[25]
7
Assess the extent to which European Community law challenges the supremacy of English law.
[25]
8
‘There are two distinct branches of the legal profession’. Discuss the validity of this statement.
[25]
9
Evaluate the effectiveness of the alternatives to courts and tribunals in the resolution of legal
disputes.
[25]
[25]
10 ‘When it comes to the interpretation of statutes, a judge has complete freedom to give whatever
meaning he chooses to a difficult piece of legislation.’ Discuss.
[25]
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