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6. In 2005 what was the highest court in the UK?

  • The Judicial Appointments Commission
  • The Appellate Committee of the House of Lords
  • The Supreme Court
  • The House of Lords

7. Security of tenure, good pay, freedom of criticism from MPs/peers and the creation of the Supreme Court are all examples of what?

  • Responsibilities of judges
  • Ways in which House of Lords independence is ensured
  • Ways in which judicial independence is ensured
  • Ways in which judicial neutrality is ensured

8. What is judicial activism?

  • Judges rulings suspected of being based on personal considerations
  • Judges rulings that are fair and neutral
  • When judges accuse ministers of acting based on their own beliefs
  • Judges quit their jobs because they are activists

9. What is a deceleration of incompatibility?

  • Judges declare legislation to be correct
  • Judges declare a piece of legislation incompatible with the rights of the HRA
  • Judges declare a minister to have acted 'beyond the powers'
  • Judges declare a piece of legislation incompatible with the Freedom of Information Act

10. What is delegated/secondary legislation?

  • Legislation that has been created by a body other than Parliament/government eg a pressure group
  • An act of Parliament that delegates powers to a minister in particular circumstances
  • Legislation that has been approved and amended by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords
  • Legislation about less important/more obscure issues

11. Which of these correctly lists 4 responsibilities of judges?

  • Decide which prison someone is sent to, make law, preside over court proceedings, decide sentencing
  • Make law, sit on select committees, interpret/apply law, decide sentencing
  • Preside over court proceedings, interpret/apply law, make law, decide sentencing
  • Preside over court proceedings, debate in Parliament, interpret/apply law, decide sentencing

12. Not public figures, accountability, judge training, and political restrictions are all examples of what?

  • Ways in which judicial neutrality is ensured
  • Ways in which judicial independence is ensured
  • Responsibilities of judges
  • Ways in which House of Lords independence is ensured

13. What act was passed in 2005 that created the Supreme Court?

  • The Higher Law Act
  • The Appellate Renewal Act
  • The Constitutional Reform Act
  • The Supreme Court Act

14. What and when was the Human Rights Act?

  • 1997 - Brought the policies of the ECHR into UK law
  • 1998 - Brought the policies of the ECHR into UK law
  • 1998 - Allowed all government information to be accessed
  • 2000 - Created a British bill of rights