Criminal Law 2009 Exam Paper
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UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
265 0010 ZA
269 0010 ZA
277 0101 ZA
DIPLOMA IN LAW
LLB EXAMINATION for External Students
INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION (Scheme A)
FIRST AND SECOND YEAR EXAMINATIONS (Scheme B)
GRADUATE ENTRY LEVEL I (Route A)
GRADUATE ENTRY FIRST YEAR (Route B)
BSc DEGREES for External Students
MANAGEMENT WITH LAW, LAW WITH MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTING
WITH LAW AND LAW WITH ACCOUNTING FOR STUDENTS IN THE
EXTERNAL PROGRAMME
Criminal Law
Wednesday 13 May 2009 : 10.00 - 1.15 pm
Candidates will have fifteen minutes during which they may read the paper and make rough notes ONLY in their answer books. They then have the remaining THREE
HOURS in which to answer the questions.
Candidates should answer FOUR of the following EIGHT questions.
Candidates should answer all parts of a question unless otherwise stated.
© University of London 2009
UL09/806
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1.
Under what circumstances may a person be criminally liable for a failure to act? 2.
(a)
Could the reasoning in the cases of Roberts (1971) and Williams and
Davis (1992) be said to conflict with that in the case of Blaue (1975)?
(b)
Anna stabbed Iqbal. Iqbal was seriously injured. He was taken to hospital and placed on a life-support machine. One night, an intensivecare nurse, Norah, who hated money being wasted on expensive lifesupport machinery and without being authorised to do so, switched off the life support machine. Iqbal died.
Consider Anna’s and Norah 's possible criminal liability for murder.
3.
Fred and Marcus had fought because Marcus was angry with Fred for having carved the letter ‘F’ on to Livia’s arm using a penknife. Livia is Marcus’s 14year-old daughter, who begged Fred to do this as she was in love with him.
Fred had reluctantly agreed. The wound was not serious, although it did require one stitch. Fred and Marcus decided to settle their differences by having a fight.
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
265 0010 ZA
269 0010 ZA
277 0101 ZA
DIPLOMA IN LAW
LLB EXAMINATION for External Students
INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION (Scheme A)
FIRST AND SECOND YEAR EXAMINATIONS (Scheme B)
GRADUATE ENTRY LEVEL I (Route A)
GRADUATE ENTRY FIRST YEAR (Route B)
BSc DEGREES for External Students
MANAGEMENT WITH LAW, LAW WITH MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTING
WITH LAW AND LAW WITH ACCOUNTING FOR STUDENTS IN THE
EXTERNAL PROGRAMME
Criminal Law
Wednesday 13 May 2009 : 10.00 - 1.15 pm
Candidates will have fifteen minutes during which they may read the paper and make rough notes ONLY in their answer books. They then have the remaining THREE
HOURS in which to answer the questions.
Candidates should answer FOUR of the following EIGHT questions.
Candidates should answer all parts of a question unless otherwise stated.
© University of London 2009
UL09/806
Page 1 of 4
1.
Under what circumstances may a person be criminally liable for a failure to act? 2.
(a)
Could the reasoning in the cases of Roberts (1971) and Williams and
Davis (1992) be said to conflict with that in the case of Blaue (1975)?
(b)
Anna stabbed Iqbal. Iqbal was seriously injured. He was taken to hospital and placed on a life-support machine. One night, an intensivecare nurse, Norah, who hated money being wasted on expensive lifesupport machinery and without being authorised to do so, switched off the life support machine. Iqbal died.
Consider Anna’s and Norah 's possible criminal liability for murder.
3.
Fred and Marcus had fought because Marcus was angry with Fred for having carved the letter ‘F’ on to Livia’s arm using a penknife. Livia is Marcus’s 14year-old daughter, who begged Fred to do this as she was in love with him.
Fred had reluctantly agreed. The wound was not serious, although it did require one stitch. Fred and Marcus decided to settle their differences by having a fight.