SQE1 Practice Questions - Solicitors Qualifying Examination Part 1 (Functioning Legal Knowledge) Exam - SQE1 Practice Questions - Solicitors Qualifying Examination Part 1 (Functioning Legal Knowledge) Exam

Question 1

A claimant suffers a personal injury in a road traffic accident on 1 March 2023. She instructs a solicitor on 1 February 2026. What is the primary limitation period within which she must issue proceedings, absent any extension?

Six years from the date of the accident One year from the date of instructing the solicitor Twelve years from the date of the accident Three years from the date of the accident or date of knowledge

Correct Answer:

Three years from the date of the accident or date of knowledge

Question 2

A manufacturer of ginger beer sells a sealed opaque bottle to a retailer. A consumer's friend buys the bottle and gives it to her; she drinks it and finds a decomposed snail inside, suffering illness. The consumer has no contract with the manufacturer. On which leading authority can she base a negligence claim against the manufacturer?

Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co [1893] 1 QB 256 Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 9 Exch 341 Rylands v Fletcher (1868) LR 3 HL 330 Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562

Correct Answer:

Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562

Question 3

A claimant company seeks to establish that a firm of accountants owed it a duty of care for a negligent audit on which it relied to make an investment. Which three-stage test from the House of Lords governs whether a duty of care arises in a novel situation?

The 'but for' test from Barnett v Chelsea & Kensington Hospital The Wednesbury unreasonableness test The eggshell skull rule from Smith v Leech Brain & Co The test of foreseeability, proximity and that it is fair, just and reasonable, from Caparo Industries plc v Dickman

Correct Answer:

The test of foreseeability, proximity and that it is fair, just and reasonable, from Caparo Industries plc v Dickman

Question 4

A patient attends hospital with stomach pains. A doctor negligently fails to examine him and sends him home, where he dies of arsenic poisoning. Medical evidence shows he would have died even if properly treated. In a negligence claim by his estate, what is the most likely outcome?

The claim succeeds because the doctor breached his duty of care The claim fails because a doctor never owes a duty to a patient he refuses to treat The claim succeeds because death is always a foreseeable consequence of poisoning The claim fails because the breach did not cause the death on the 'but for' test

Correct Answer:

The claim fails because the breach did not cause the death on the 'but for' test

Question 5

A company advertised a smoke ball, promising £100 to anyone who used it as directed and still caught influenza, and stated it had deposited £1,000 in a bank to show sincerity. A user followed the directions and caught flu. Why is the company contractually bound to pay?

Because the advertisement was a mere invitation to treat Because advertisements can never amount to binding offers Because there was no consideration provided by the user Because the advertisement was a unilateral offer accepted by performance, with the bank deposit showing intention to be bound

Correct Answer:

Because the advertisement was a unilateral offer accepted by performance, with the bank deposit showing intention to be bound

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