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1. Which of the following is an example of 6. Which of the following is NOT a true

a source of libel statement?

A. spoken words A. A person bringing an action in private

B. oral communications nuisance must have an interest in land.
C. T.V. broadcasts B. The defendant’s conduct must have been
D. gestures unreasonable in an action for private
nuisance.
2. The following falls under the headings of C. The interference or injury to land must
Liability for Animals EXCEPT be substantial for a successful action in
private nuisance.
A. Negligence D. The plaintiff in an action for private
B. Cattle Trespass nuisance can recover damages for
C. Nuisance personal injury.
D. Scienter Action
7. The term ‘particular damage’ is usually
3. A person who is deemed to be lawfully associated with the law of
on a premises is a/an
A. Public Nuisance
A. Visitor B. Assault
B. Occupier C. Private Nuisance
C. Trespasser D. Negligence
D. Agent
8. A master is liable only where the
4. The following are defences to Assault servant’s tort is committed during the
and Battery EXCEPT course of employment relates to

A. Parental Authority A. Occupiers Liability

B. Consent B. Tortious Liability
C. Negligence C. Vicarious Liability
D. Self Defence D. Criminal Liability

5. Which of the following is NOT an 9. Awarded to punish the defendant and

element of negligence? deter similar conduct in the future is
known as
A. Duty
B. Foreseeability A. Aggravated damages
C. Breach of Duty B. Nominal damages
D. Damage C. Punitive damages
D. Contemptuous damages
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10. This tort is committed where a person is main purpose of the contract, breach of
wrongfully deprived of his liberty. which only entitles the innocent party to
A. Assault damages is known as
B. False Imprisonment
C. Lawful Arrest A. Condition
D. Trespass B. Innominate
C. Warranty
11. Which of the following statement is D. Statute
incorrect?
15. Which of the following agreements
A. If the letter is lost or delayed in the raises a presumption of an intention to
post because the offeree has addressed create legal relations? An agreement
it incorrectly, the post rule will apply.
B. ‘Posted means put into the control of the A. between corporations
post office and not handing it to a B. between spouses
postman. C. to have a private meeting
C. Post rule applies to telegrams D. to have a business lunch
D. Parties may decide to exclude the
operation of the post rule by contrary 16. Celine agrees with Ray to sing a solo at
agreement. Ray’s wedding reception on Sunday.
On Friday, Celine gets soaked in a
12. If X promises to give Y $100 because Y downpour but instead of changing her
dug X’s garden last week. Y cannot sue wet clothes, she sits in a draught.
because when X’s promise was made Celine contracts laryngitis and is unable
Y’s consideration was to sing at the reception. Ray decides to
A. executory sue. When Ray sues Celine, she
B. in the future
C. executed A. can offer no lawful excuse for her non-
D. in the past performance
B. can plead frustration of the agreement
13. Which of the following is NOT correct? C. can plead a lack of consideration on
A. The breach of any implied term Ray’s part.
discharges the contract. D. can rely on the doctrine of illegality
B. The condition is an important term of the
contract. 17. Discharge of a contract occurs through
C. The nature of the innominate term A. performance
depends upon the consequences of the B. legality
breach C. capacity
D. The warranty is a collateral term of the D. misrepresentation
contract. 18. A father promises his 18 year old son a
14. A vital term which is subsidiary to the gold watch if the boy does not smoke
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until he turns 21. The boy complies.

The father does not. The legal result is A. Stones cemented together to form a wall.
that there is B. A corrugated iron shed, bolted to a
concrete floor.
A. a breach of contract by the father C. Machinery fixed to concrete bolts.
B. an agreement but it is unenforceable D. Statues and figures forming part of the
by architectural design of a house.
the son
C. no agreement between the parties 23. Broome holds the fee simple in
D. no privity of contract between the parties Daxacres. He wishes to change his fee
simple to a life estate for himself with
19. Alice bought a stove at All Is Well Ltd., remainder to his sons, Felix and Austin.
with a one year warranty. After a few Which of the following describes the
months,the stove stopped working. All estate Broome would hold?
Is Well Ltd. refuses to repair the stove.
Alice can sue All Is Well Ltd. under the A. Felix and Austin both hold a life interest
Law of with remainder to Broome.
A. Misrepresentation B. Felix and Austin are lessees of Broome
B. Privity for the term of their natural lives.
C. Consideration C. Felix and Austin hold the remainder
D. Equity interest for Broome.
D. Felix holds a life interest for Austin with
20. Consideration is BEST defined as remainder to Broome.

A. the acceptance of an offer 24. Thompson leases a bond to Jackman

B. the price for which a promise is who operates a printer. Jackman builds
bought a concrete platform which is pinned to
C. being party to a contract the ground by steel. Upon this
D. the capacity to make a contract. platform, Jackman rests his printing
press. At the end of the lease,
21. In determining whether a structure is a Thompson wants Jackman to leave the
fixture or a chattel the court applies printing press. The printing press can
each of the following tests EXCEPT be classified as a
A. chattel
A. degree of annexation B. chose in action
B. purpose of annexation C. corporeal
C. mode of annexation D. fixture
D. time of annexation 25. Which doctrine of estate gives
entitlement to the holder who is granted
22. The following are examples of fixtures an interest for a fixed terms of years?
EXCEPT
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A. Life Estate transferable until the grantee’s heirs

B. Leasehold survived.
C. Fee Simple
D. Fee Tail A. Fee Simple
B. Fee Tail
C. Life Estate
26. To X during the life of Y and thereafter D. Leasehold
to Z is referred to as a/an
29. Which Caribbean case was used to
A. Conditional Estate determine the criteria for which a
structure should be classified as a
B. Unconditional Estate chattel or a fixture?
C. Determinable Estate
D. Undeterminable Estate A. Holland v Hodgson
B. O’Brien v Missick
27. The doctrine of survivorship applies C. Mitchell v Cowie
where the Title Deed for the ownership D. Leigh v Taylor
or property states that Raul and Sharon
are tenants holding the property
30. Three essential features of a joint
A. In common tenancy are
B. In equal shares
C. In joint ownership I. There are no words of severance
D. To share and share alike II. There is a right of survivorship
III. There is no jus accresendi
IV. The four unities are present

A. I, II and III only

B. I, II and IV only
C. I. III and IV only
28. Which of the following doctrine of D. II, III and IV only
estate exists where the estate is