MEDIA LAW (ALL) NQJ EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024 GUARANTEED A +
What are the 3 sources of law? - ✔✔Common, statutory,
precedent
What type of law began in the Middle Ages to administer
'the law and custom of the realm'? - ✔✔Common law
What source of law relies on the choices of the cases
before them, and shapes future rulings? - ✔✔Prescedent
What type of law replaces common law through acts of
parliament? - ✔✔Statute
What act defines basic human rights? - ✔✔Human rights
act 1998 and/or the European Convention of Human rights
,Human rights act article 10 defines? - ✔✔The freedom of
expression and the right to receive and impart information
Human rights act article 8 defines? - ✔✔The right to
privacy
Human rights act article 2 defines? - ✔✔The right to life
Human rights act article 3 defines? - ✔✔Freedom from
torture
Human rights act article 6 defines? - ✔✔Right to a fair
and public trial
Name the two most prominent types of court -
✔✔Criminal and Magistrates
What is the magistrates court? - ✔✔A court dealing with
less serious criminal cases with no jury
How many magistrates usually sit in magistrates court -
✔✔3
,What is crown court? - ✔✔A court that deals with more
serious criminal cases, where there is a jury present
What is the criminal court of appeal? - ✔✔This is when a
convicted criminal can appeal their sentence given at
crown court
What is a civil case? - ✔✔Non criminal cases between
people
Does a civil trial have a jury? - ✔✔Rarely
What court deals with things like divorce and debt? -
✔✔County court
What is a counsel? - ✔✔One or a group of barristers
What must be proven in a civil case? - ✔✔That the
evidence is proven on the balance of probabilities
To prosecute means... - ✔✔You are sentenced or fined in
a court of law
, What is a tort? - ✔✔A civil wrongdoing or offence for
which monetary damages are awarded
Give some examples of torts - ✔✔Libel, copyright,
privacy, breach of confidence
What is an injunction? - ✔✔A court order to stop you from
doing something
What is a settlement? - ✔✔Rather than having a trial the
case is settled outside of court. An example is the case
between Prince Andrew and Virginia Guiffree
What are the 3 types of criminal offence? - ✔✔Summary,
either way, indictable
What are summary offences? - ✔✔An offence that can
only be tried in magistrates court and have a maximum
sentence of 6 months
ANSWERS 2024 GUARANTEED A +
What are the 3 sources of law? - ✔✔Common, statutory,
precedent
What type of law began in the Middle Ages to administer
'the law and custom of the realm'? - ✔✔Common law
What source of law relies on the choices of the cases
before them, and shapes future rulings? - ✔✔Prescedent
What type of law replaces common law through acts of
parliament? - ✔✔Statute
What act defines basic human rights? - ✔✔Human rights
act 1998 and/or the European Convention of Human rights
,Human rights act article 10 defines? - ✔✔The freedom of
expression and the right to receive and impart information
Human rights act article 8 defines? - ✔✔The right to
privacy
Human rights act article 2 defines? - ✔✔The right to life
Human rights act article 3 defines? - ✔✔Freedom from
torture
Human rights act article 6 defines? - ✔✔Right to a fair
and public trial
Name the two most prominent types of court -
✔✔Criminal and Magistrates
What is the magistrates court? - ✔✔A court dealing with
less serious criminal cases with no jury
How many magistrates usually sit in magistrates court -
✔✔3
,What is crown court? - ✔✔A court that deals with more
serious criminal cases, where there is a jury present
What is the criminal court of appeal? - ✔✔This is when a
convicted criminal can appeal their sentence given at
crown court
What is a civil case? - ✔✔Non criminal cases between
people
Does a civil trial have a jury? - ✔✔Rarely
What court deals with things like divorce and debt? -
✔✔County court
What is a counsel? - ✔✔One or a group of barristers
What must be proven in a civil case? - ✔✔That the
evidence is proven on the balance of probabilities
To prosecute means... - ✔✔You are sentenced or fined in
a court of law
, What is a tort? - ✔✔A civil wrongdoing or offence for
which monetary damages are awarded
Give some examples of torts - ✔✔Libel, copyright,
privacy, breach of confidence
What is an injunction? - ✔✔A court order to stop you from
doing something
What is a settlement? - ✔✔Rather than having a trial the
case is settled outside of court. An example is the case
between Prince Andrew and Virginia Guiffree
What are the 3 types of criminal offence? - ✔✔Summary,
either way, indictable
What are summary offences? - ✔✔An offence that can
only be tried in magistrates court and have a maximum
sentence of 6 months
