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Chapter 7 Self-test questions
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Which one of the following scenarios does not describe a situation in which we might expect a licence to arise?
A ticket to see a film at the cinema.
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A right of way over a neighbour's land.
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A postwoman delivering a parcel.
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A visit to a local pub.
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What sets licences apart from other interests such as leases and easements is that they are personal in nature. True or false?
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What is the significance of licences being personal as opposed to proprietary in nature? Select one of the following.
This is just terminology and there is no practical impact.
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It reminds us that licences are concerned with people and relationships.
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It means that licences will only bind the licensor and licensee themselves and will not be binding on third parties.
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It means that licences are binding not just on the parties to the licence but also will be binding on third parties.
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It is possible on the same set of facts for a licence, a lease, or an easement to arise, meaning that we have to be very alert to what was intended by the parties in scrutinizing the scenario before us. True or false?
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False
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In which case did Vaughan CJ famously provide the classic statement of the nature and effect of licences in the following terms: '[a licence] properly passeth no interest, nor alters or transfers property in anything, but only makes an action lawful, which without it had been unlawful'? Select one of the following.
Thomas v Sorrell
(1673)
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King v David Allen & Sons Billposting Ltd
(1916)
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Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold
(1989)
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Manchester Airport v Dutton
(2000)
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A bare licence is a licence conferred in a contract accompanied by the giving of consideration. True or false?
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False
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What is the name given to a permission granted to enter another's land to remove something from that land? Select one of the following.
A bare licence.
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A licence coupled with an interest.
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An estoppel licence.
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A contractual licence.
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In which one of the following cases did the court accept that an implied contractual licence had arisen?
James Jones v Earl of Tankerville
(1909)
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Tanner v Tanner
(1975)
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Horrocks v Forray
(1976)
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Southwell v Blackburn
(2014)
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Which case is credited with a return to the orthodox position that a contractual licence is personal in nature and does not enjoy proprietary status as Lord Denning had asserted in earlier case law? Select one of the following.
Errington v Errington and Woods
(1952)
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Binions v Evans
(1972)
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Ashburn Anstalt v Arnold
(1989)
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Camden LBC v Shortlife Community Housing
(1993)
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Under which statutory provision might a contractual licensee have a right enforceable against a third party who is not an original party to the licence? Select one of the following.
Section 1 of the LPA 1925
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Section 1 of the LP(MP)A 1989
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Section 1 of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
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Section 1 of the LRA 2002
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