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Thursday 22 May 2025 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours

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Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen.• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.• Answer all questions. You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write on blank pages.• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.• Questions should be answered in continuous prose. Give reasoned answers.Where appropriate, make reference to cases, statutes and examples.

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• 1

In relation to the offence of unlawful act (constructive) manslaughter, which one of the following statements about the ‘dangerousness’ requirement is true?[1 mark]

A The defendant must foresee a risk of death.

B The defendant must foresee the risk of some harm.

C The reasonable person must foresee a risk of death.

D The reasonable person must foresee the risk of some harm.

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Select the true statement about the principle of transferred malice.[1 mark]

A Liability is based on a failure to act when under a legal duty to do so.

B The actus reus of the offence does not need to be proved.

C The defendant can be liable for intended harm caused to an unintended victim.

D The defendant must take an unjustified risk.

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In relation to the doctrine of judicial precedent, which of the following statements best describes the power of a court to ‘distinguish’ an earlier precedent?[1 mark]

A A court does not agree with the law as set out in an earlier precedent.

B A court does not apply a precedent from an earlier case because significant facts are different in the current case.

C A higher court overrules a precedent decided in an earlier case by a lower court.

D An appeal court changes the outcome of a case on appeal.

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Which one of the following statements about circuit judges is true?[1 mark]

A Circuit judges can hear appeals in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division).

B Circuit judges can only be dismissed by a vote in both Houses of Parliament.

C Circuit judges can sit in the Supreme Court.

D Circuit judges can preside over a trial in the Crown Court.

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Which one of the following would be most likely to act as an advocate in the Court of Appeal?[1 mark]

A A barrister

B A judge

C A legal executive

D A solicitor

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