Unit 1: Legal Method (University of Law
GDL) 2024/2025 Exam Questions and
Corresponding Answers with Surety of
100% Pass Mark
Which king established the assizes? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Henry II
What circuit of judges was abolished in 1971? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Assizes
What parliamentary framework often covers a bye-law? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A
parent act
What secondary legislation is created by local government? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bye-
laws
Which division of the High Court handles disputes over wills, estates, trusts,
land, company and bankruptcy law? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Chancery Division
Name four areas of law covered by the Chancery Division. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Estates, Trusts, Land, Company or Bankruptcy Law
What specific court is included in the Chancery Division? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Court
of Protection (for the disabled)
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,What area of law is covered by the appellant function of the Chancery Division?
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Land registration
Civil law governs...? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Relationships between individuals in the
community.
What do the Civil Procedure Rules govern? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The right of appeal in
civil cases.
Civil Procedure Rules state that an appeal must both... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Have a
reasonable chance of success and be on a point of law rather than fact.
True or False: in appellant cases, witnesses are rarely called. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔True.
The Civil Division of the Court of Appeal hears cases from which three courts? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔The High and County Court and Employment Tribunals.
What must be proved in a civil case? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The claimant has to prove
on the balance of probabilities.
Codified Legislation brings together... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔statute, common law and
custom in one codified statute.
What is more likely to be debated in parliament: codified or consolidated
legislation? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Codified legislation.
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, Common Law only applies in... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔England and Wales.
What does Consolidating Legislation do? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tidies up earlier laws
found across many statutes in a single statute.
Is the County Court an inferior or superior court? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Inferior.
Does the County Court hear civil or criminal actions? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Civil
actions.
What is the largest claim handled by a County Court? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔£100,000
By 2018 how many of the 100 County Court meetings will be closed? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔18
What percentage of the 1.5 million claims issued in 2015 made it to court: 0.28%
or 2.8% or 28% ? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔2.8%
Name the two divisions of the Court of Appeal. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Civil and
Criminal.
Where does the Court of Appeal sit? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Royal Court of Justice.
How many cases did the Court of Appeal hear in 2014? 126 or 1,269? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔1,269
Does the Court of Appeal not call witnesses? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It reviews the
arguments and documents on a point of law.
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GDL) 2024/2025 Exam Questions and
Corresponding Answers with Surety of
100% Pass Mark
Which king established the assizes? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Henry II
What circuit of judges was abolished in 1971? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Assizes
What parliamentary framework often covers a bye-law? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A
parent act
What secondary legislation is created by local government? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bye-
laws
Which division of the High Court handles disputes over wills, estates, trusts,
land, company and bankruptcy law? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Chancery Division
Name four areas of law covered by the Chancery Division. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Estates, Trusts, Land, Company or Bankruptcy Law
What specific court is included in the Chancery Division? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Court
of Protection (for the disabled)
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619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,What area of law is covered by the appellant function of the Chancery Division?
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Land registration
Civil law governs...? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Relationships between individuals in the
community.
What do the Civil Procedure Rules govern? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The right of appeal in
civil cases.
Civil Procedure Rules state that an appeal must both... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Have a
reasonable chance of success and be on a point of law rather than fact.
True or False: in appellant cases, witnesses are rarely called. - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔True.
The Civil Division of the Court of Appeal hears cases from which three courts? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔The High and County Court and Employment Tribunals.
What must be proved in a civil case? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The claimant has to prove
on the balance of probabilities.
Codified Legislation brings together... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔statute, common law and
custom in one codified statute.
What is more likely to be debated in parliament: codified or consolidated
legislation? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Codified legislation.
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, Common Law only applies in... - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔England and Wales.
What does Consolidating Legislation do? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tidies up earlier laws
found across many statutes in a single statute.
Is the County Court an inferior or superior court? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Inferior.
Does the County Court hear civil or criminal actions? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Civil
actions.
What is the largest claim handled by a County Court? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔£100,000
By 2018 how many of the 100 County Court meetings will be closed? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔18
What percentage of the 1.5 million claims issued in 2015 made it to court: 0.28%
or 2.8% or 28% ? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔2.8%
Name the two divisions of the Court of Appeal. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Civil and
Criminal.
Where does the Court of Appeal sit? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Royal Court of Justice.
How many cases did the Court of Appeal hear in 2014? 126 or 1,269? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔1,269
Does the Court of Appeal not call witnesses? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔It reviews the
arguments and documents on a point of law.
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