Q3: Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A nuisance is an intentional interference with another's use or enjoyment of their property
• A counter-offer cancels a previous offer
• Limitation clauses are usually enforced if a contract is between 2 companies even if there are significant losses
• If there's voluntary assumption of risk the defendant and plaintiff share the liability in a negligence case

Q5: Paul signs a contract that states he will pay Leon's $100 per month for 30 months for a new dining room set he bought. Leon then sells Paul's contract to a finance company. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• Leon's does not need Paul's consent to transfer the contract to the finance company
• Leon's had the right to assign Paul's contract to the finance company
• Paul can be sued for breach of contract by the finance company if he doesn't pay it
• Paul can assign his duty to pay the money to his sister if it's done in writing without the consent of Leon's

Q7: Carol bought a bag of cookies made by Royal Foods Inc. When she opened the bag, before she ate any, she found a dead spider in the bag. 18 months after it happened. Carol sued Royal Foods claiming that because of the spider she has suffered serious mental health problems. She has a great fear about eating anything now, she thinks there are spiders in all her food and she has lost so much weight she is very weak. She has also suffered extreme depression and can't work. She's claiming $1,000,000 in damages. Carol will probably:

• win and receive 1,000,000
• Lose because her damages are not reasonably foreseeable
• Lose because she did not file within the limitation period
• Lose because Royal would have had a disclaimer clause on its cookle package

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• People have a right to have their criminal trials heard within a reasonable time
• A garnishment order can be used to get money from losing defendant's bank account
• A court will imply a term into a contract if it thinks it was obvious the parties would have agreed to it when the contract was made
• The burden of proof in a breach of contract case is beyond a reasonable doubt

Q14: Which of the following statements is FALSE? Class action

• Allow plaintiffs to share legal costs
• Are difficult to get certified in Canada
• Allow people to sue on their own if they do not join the class
• Can be used by consumers who all bought bad products from the same manufacturer
• Rarely settle and usually end up in long civil trials

Mike Puffy is a politician who has just been convicted in court of stealing money from the government. A cartoonist for a local newspaper published a cartoon showing Mike walking out of court with dollar bills sticking out of his clothes yelling "I am innocent, why won't anybody believe me?" If Mike tried to sue the cartoonist for libel for the cartoon, the cartoonist could probably use which defense? qualified privilege defense O innocent dissemination defense O fair comment defense O provocation absolute privilege