Under Irish contract law, what is required for a valid simple contract in addition to offer, acceptance and an intention to create legal relations?
Contract
Question · Easy
A shop displays a jacket in its window with a price tag of EUR50. In Irish contract law, the display is best classified as which of the following?
Under the postal rule as applied in Irish contract law, when is an acceptance sent by post generally effective?
Question · Medium
Which statute requires that contracts for the sale of an interest in land be evidenced in writing in Ireland?
In Irish contract law, a term that the parties did not expressly state but which the court reads in to give business efficacy to the contract is described as which of the following?
Under section 14 of the Sale of Goods Act 1893 (as amended by the 1980 Act), goods sold in the course of a business must be of which quality?
In Irish contract law, a representation that induces a contract but turns out to be false, made without fraud or negligence, gives rise to which type of misrepresentation?
A bank manager pressures a vulnerable elderly customer into guaranteeing the debts of a third party against her own interests. Which vitiating factor is most likely to set the guarantee aside in Irish law?
Where, after a contract is formed, an unforeseen event without the fault of either party makes performance impossible or radically different, the contract may be discharged by which doctrine?
Which rule governs the recoverability of damages for breach of contract by limiting recovery to losses arising naturally or within the reasonable contemplation of the parties?
A clause in a contract fixes a sum payable on breach that is extravagant and out of all proportion to any conceivable loss. How will an Irish court most likely treat the clause?
Under the doctrine of privity of contract in Irish law, which of the following is generally true?
Which equitable doctrine may prevent a promisor from going back on a promise, intended to be relied upon and in fact relied upon, even absent consideration?
Question · Hard
A minor (aged 16) enters a contract to buy a luxury sports car on credit. In Irish contract law, how is this contract most likely to be treated?
An exemption clause is contained in a notice handed over only after the contract was concluded at a hotel reception. How will an Irish court most likely treat it?
In Irish contract law, an agreement to do something already required by an existing public duty generally provides what in terms of consideration for a new promise?
Where a buyer of goods wishes to reject them for breach of a condition but has already accepted the goods, what is the usual consequence under the Sale of Goods Act 1893?
In Irish contract law, which remedy is an equitable order compelling a party to perform their contractual obligations, typically granted where damages are inadequate?
A contract is entered into for an illegal purpose, such as to defraud the Revenue. In Irish law, what is the usual status of such a contract?
Which principle requires a claimant who has suffered loss from a breach of contract to take reasonable steps to reduce that loss?
In Irish criminal law, which two elements must generally coincide for criminal liability to arise?
Criminal Law
The mental element for murder in Irish law, as set out in section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1964, is an intention to do what?
Under section 6 of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006, a successful plea of diminished responsibility on a murder charge results in which verdict?
Under section 5 of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006, which of the following is NOT one of the limbs of the test for the special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity?
Which Irish statute codified the non-fatal offences against the person, including assault and assault causing harm?
Under section 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, the offence of assault causing harm requires proof of which result?
Which statute is the principal source of the offence of theft and related dishonesty offences in Irish law?
Under section 4 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001, the offence of theft requires that the accused appropriates property dishonestly and with what further intention?
In Irish criminal law, the defence of self-defence requires that the force used in defence of the person be which of the following?
Voluntary intoxication is generally relevant in Irish criminal law to which type of offence?
Constructive (unlawful and dangerous act) manslaughter in Irish law requires an unlawful act that is also which of the following?
An accused stabs a victim who later refuses a blood transfusion on religious grounds and dies. Applying Irish causation principles, what is the likely effect of the refusal on liability?
Under the Theft and Fraud Offences Act 2001, the offence of burglary is committed where a person enters a building as a trespasser with intent to commit which of the following?
In Irish criminal law, an attempt to commit an offence requires that the accused did an act that was more than merely preparatory and had which mental element?
Which partial defence, abolished as a general common-law defence but historically reducing murder to manslaughter, applies where the accused suddenly lost self-control following provocation in Irish law?
Under the Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hEireann 1937), in which organ of State is sole and exclusive power to make laws for the State vested under Article 15?
Constitutional Law
Article 40.3 of Bunreacht na hEireann guarantees to defend and vindicate which category of rights?
In Irish constitutional law, which case is the leading authority for the recognition of unenumerated personal rights under Article 40.3?
The two referendums held in March 2024 proposing to amend the provisions of Bunreacht na hEireann on the family and on care/the role of women in the home resulted in what outcome?
Under Article 34 of Bunreacht na hEireann, which court is the court of final appeal in the Irish court system?
When the High Court or Supreme Court declares that an Act of the Oireachtas is repugnant to Bunreacht na hEireann, what is the effect on that law?
Under Article 26 of Bunreacht na hEireann, the President may, after consulting the Council of State, refer which type of measure to the Supreme Court to test its constitutionality?
Under Article 40.4 of Bunreacht na hEireann, which constitutional remedy is available to a person who claims to be unlawfully detained?
In Irish constitutional law, the principle that a person facing a decision affecting their rights is entitled to fair procedures (including the right to be heard) is associated with which guarantee?
Under Article 28 of Bunreacht na hEireann, to which body is the Government collectively responsible?
Which test do the Irish courts apply when assessing whether a restriction on a constitutional right is permissible?
Article 42 and Article 42A of Bunreacht na hEireann are primarily concerned with which subject matter?
Under Article 15.2 of Bunreacht na hEireann, when may a subordinate body validly exercise law-making functions, according to the principles in Cityview Press v An Chomhairle Oiliuna?
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