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NCTJ Preliminary Law Exam With 100% Correct Answers 2024

EMLR NCTJ - Court structures Questions with complete EMLR NCTJ - Court structures Magistrates' - correct answer Appeal route: to High Court for judicial review, or Crown Court for conviction appeals CAN publish: court name; accused's name, age, address and job; relevant business info, names of counsel, bail and legal aid info CANNOT publish: reference to evidence, previous convictions S52A Crime and Disorder Act 1998 - correct answer limits what can be published from a preliminary he...

Law NCTJ Exam Question and answers verified to pass Law NCTJ Exam Contempt of Court Act 1981 - correct answer Substantial Risk of Serious Prejudice or Impediment to Active Proceeding What makes a case active - correct answer Warrant Arrest Summons Charge What stops a case being active - correct answer Release (except on bail) No arrest 12 months after warrant Case discontinued Case disposed Defendant Unfit Court orders charges lie on file Public Interest - correct answer...

Media Law - NCTJ EMLR Answers Question and answers already passed Media Law - NCTJ EMLR Answers You work for a specialist magazine which focuses on the new car market. A secretary of a well-known manufacturer calls you up to say the company has produced a prototype of an electric car which can manage 550 miles on a single charge - the highest ever recorded. The secretary passes you internal documents - stamped with the word confidential - revealing how the company has achieved the high mi...

Media Law Case Studies NCTJ Question and answers 100% correct Media Law Case Studies NCTJ EXAMPLE OF CONTEMPT OF COURT - PREJUDICING JURY - correct answer Chris Jefferies v Daily Mirror/The Sun [2011] CJ arrested but never charged with murder. Vilifying headlines next to images of CJ gave impression he could have committed crime. (character assassination) Papers fined £50,000 + £18,000 EXAMPLE OF NO CONTEMPT OF COURT - PROCEEDINGS INACTIVE - correct answer The Sun published a story...

ML Challenging the courts NCTJ Question and answers rated A+ ML Challenging the courts NCTJ The media's right to be heard: Rule 16.2 of Criminal Procedure Rules: - correct answer A court should not impose a restriction unless each party affected - including media - was present to make representations Rule 16.4, CPR: - correct answer Parties applying for a restriction should give media advance notice Court has discretion to hear applications without notice and without media present ...

NCTJ - Media Law Contempt of Court Questions with complete solution NCTJ - Media Law: Contempt of Court Contempt of court definition - correct answer = makes it an offence to publish material which creates a substantial risk of serious prejudice or impediment to legal proceedings which are imminent or pending if it can be proved that there was intent to create such a risk. what is contempt of court? - correct answer when someone interferes with the course of justice by: publishing/broa...

NCTJ - Media Law - Court Reporting Question and answers rated A+NCTJ - Media Law - Court Reporting Name the three levels of crimes magistrates courts deal with - correct answer Summary offences - heard by the magistrates Either-way offences - Can stay in Magistrates or go to Crown Court Indictable-only - MUST be heard by Crown court, and usually only have an initial appearance before mags. What are Magistrate's powers? - correct answer Can sentence a person for up to 6 months for ...

NCTJ - Media Law - Demfamation Questions with complete solution NCTJ - Media Law - Defamation Truth - correct answer (formerly Justification) Must show that the imputation (ie implications/innuendos) conveyed by the statement is substantially true If one or more of the imputations is not shown to be substantially true The defence does not fail if those imputations do not seriously harm the claimants reputation What can the truth defence only be applied to? - correct answer Using the...

NCTJ - Media Law Anonymity & Court Restrictions Questions with complete solution NCTJ - Media Law: Anonymity & Court Restrictions What does Section 47 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 prohibit publication of? - correct answer name address school or any particulars which could lead to the identification of any person under the age of 18 who is accused, alleged/the complainer/victim or witness in criminal proceedings. (age is generally fine to mention) What year was Sect...

NCTJ - Media Law Defamation Question and answers correctly solved NCTJ - Media Law: Defamation Defamation definition - correct answer = a statement about a person is defamatory if to causes harm to the person's reputation and if it tends to lower the person's reputation in the estimations of ordinary persons." When can a person bring defamation proceedings? - correct answer when person A has published the statement to someone other than Person B when the publication of a statemen...