Injunctions

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Quiz on injunctions as part of the Media Law module
Ciara Byrne
Quiz by Ciara Byrne, updated more than 1 year ago
Ciara Byrne
Created by Ciara Byrne over 9 years ago
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Question 1

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What is an injunction?
Answer
  • An order of the opposing party
  • An order of the court
  • Granted before a trial or at a trial
  • Granted after a trial only
  • Restraining a person from carrying out an act
  • Ordering a person to perform an act
  • Allowing a person to carry out an act if they wish to do so

Question 2

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Injunctions were created to aid common law to see that damages cannot always fix a wrong
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

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What is a mandatory injunction?
Answer
  • The court ordering an action to be carried out.
  • The court prohibiting an act from being carried out.
  • The court allowing the parties to decide themselves on what action should be taken.

Question 4

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What is a prohibitory order?
Answer
  • The court ordering an action to be carried out.
  • The court stopping an act from being carried out.
  • The court not reaching a verdict on what act should be taken.

Question 5

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A perpetual injunction lasts for how long?
Answer
  • 2 years
  • A decade
  • Forever
  • 6 months

Question 6

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Interim and ex partes mean?
Answer
  • A break in an injunction case
  • A case where the injunction is heard without jury.
  • An injunction being granted pre-trial with one party absent.
  • An injunction being granted as a compromise for the complainants.

Question 7

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An Interlocutory order is granted after a trial and overrules all other injunctions put in place
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 8

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What rules decide if damages will suffice instead of an injunction?
Answer
  • If the person seeking an injunction does so with no effect to themselves.
  • If a persons injury to legal rights is small and can be estimated in money and compensated
  • If the injunction will oppress the other parties legal rights

Question 9

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Which case decided the Balance of Convenience test?
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  • Kennedy V Arnold
  • Campus Oil Ltd. V Minister for Industry and Energy

Question 10

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Balance of convenience test is not used in cases such as defamation, trade disputes strikes, where trial of action is unikely.
Answer
  • True
  • False
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