NCTJ Preliminary Law Exam Scotland 2024 Questions and Answers 100% C

NCTJ Preliminary Law Exam Scotland 2024 Questions and Answers 100% C What does the Contempt of Court Act 1981 say regarding what type of content should generally not be published? - CORRECT ANSWER-Nothing must be published which creates substantial risk of serious prejudice or impediment. Which court would you expect to deal with a case regarding a footballer suing a newspaper for intrusion into privacy. (2) - CORRECT ANSWER-Sheriff Civil or Court of Session if dispute is over £100k. Which court would you expect to deal with a case regarding a pop star accused of speeding on the motorway near Greentown. - CORRECT ANSWER-Justice of the Peace. Which court would you expect to deal with a case regarding a man convicted of murder appealing against his conviction. - CORRECT ANSWER-High Court of Appeal. Which court would you expect to deal with a case regarding a rape trial. - CORRECT ANSWER-High Court of Justiciary. Which court would you expect to deal with a case regarding a 16-year-old boy being prosecuted as a sole defendant for smashing church windows. - CORRECT ANSWER-Children's hearings for U16 What does the Editor's Code of Practice do? - CORRECT ANSWER-Sets standards for journalists in the UK. To uphold accuracy and to protect people's privacy. How can undercover reporting be permitted by IPSO? - CORRECT ANSWER-It permits undercover reporting, but only if justified by special 'public interest' factors. What is a smaller press regulator? - CORRECT ANSWER-Impress. Absolute discharge - CORRECT ANSWER-A decision by a court after conviction that the offender should not be punished for the crime. Affidavit - CORRECT ANSWER-A statement given on oath to be used in court proceedings. Alibi - CORRECT ANSWER-A claim by the accused that they can show they were not at the scene when the crime was committed, and are therefore innocent. Bail - CORRECT ANSWER-The system by which a person awaiting trial, or appeal, may be freed by a court pending the next hearing. Bailiffs (Sheriff Officers) - CORRECT ANSWER-A court official who enforces its orders. Claimant - CORRECT ANSWER-The person who brings an action in the civil court. Common law - CORRECT ANSWER-Law based on the decisions of judges through the centuries, rather than on Acts of Parliament. 'Honest opinion' defence for defamation - CORRECT ANSWER-Where the defendant does not have to show the words were fair, but must show they were an honestly held opinion. Indictment - CORRECT ANSWER-A court document which sets out the charges against the accused in solemn cases. Interdict / Injunction - CORRECT ANSWER-A court order requiring someone/organisation, to do something specified by the court/forbidding a specific activity or act.