The "Are You Legally Savvy?" Quiz
An international Legal Quiz to test your response to common legal situations which can lead to serious consequences for you if you make the wrong call.
- 1.You are arrested. Do you:
- A.
Refuse to say anything at all.
- B.
Give an interview to put your side of things on the record.
- C.
Tell them why you are innocent but not put anything in writing.
- 2.You want to make a simple will. Is it good enough to:
- A.
Write it down on a piece of paper and tell your children what you want to do.
- B.
Use a “Do it yourself” will form from the newsagent.
- C.
Go to the expense of getting legal advice
- 3.If a person insults you is it still defamation if no one else is around? Yes or No?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 4.If you sue someone and win. Must they pay all your reasonable legal expenses?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 5.If you sign a contract without reading the small print as you did not have your glasses. Are you still liable?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 6.You are the boss and one of your employees wrongly damages someone’s property. When are you liable?
- A.
Only if it is your fault, too.
- B.
If it happens in the course of business.
- C.
If the employee has been employed for over three months.
- 7.Do most modern commercial office leases try to set a reasonable agreement for both Landlord and tenant?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 8.Your employee leaves you and joins the competition. Can you sue him if he reveals your company secrets?
- A.
Only if you have a written agreement preventing him from doing so.
- B.
Only while he is employed by you.
- C.
Yes, because it is an implied duty.
- 9.You write a training manual. To stop people copying it do you need to register your ownership of copyright?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 10.You tell your mate how to put up a fence, the nails you suggested were too weak, it collapses on him and he dies. Can his wife and children sue you and win? You are a builder but you did not charge him?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
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