Class - Kindly prepare the questions below for the tomorrow nights tutorial.

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VB

Pre Mock Tutorial Questions

Monday, 30^th April, 2012

1.      “…the so-called rules of natural justice are not engraved on tablets of stone. To use the phrase which better expresses the underlying concept, what the requirements of fairness demand when any body, domestic, administrative or judicial, has to make a decision which will affect the rights of individuals depends on the character of the decision-making body, the kind of decision it has to make and the statutory or other framework in which it operates.” (Lord Bridge, Lloyd v McMahon 1987) Discuss, making reference to case law.

2.      Critically assess the role of the House of Commons in the law-making process and the scrutiny of government administration.

3.      Discuss the manner in which the law regulates the electoral system of the House of Commons to achieve:

                        (a) equality between candidates standing for elections; and

                        (b) equality between voters in terms of parliamentary representation.

4.      “Parliamentary privilege aims to protect individual members of both Houses of Parliament and Parliament itself from outside interference.”

Critically assess this statement.