[简答题]Astride entered into a contract with Bild Ltd to construct a wall around the garden of a house she had just purchased. The wall was to be three metres high to block out a view of a rubbish tip. The wall was due to be finished in May and Astride entered into another contract with Chris to landscape the garden starting on 1 June. Bild Ltd finished the wall on 25 May. However when Astride came to examine it for the first time she found that it was only 2·50 metres high and that the rubbish tip was still visible from the top of her garden. On 1 June, Chris informed Astride that he was too busy to landscape her garden and that she would have to get someone else to do it. The only person available, however, will charge Astride ￡500 more than Chris had agreed for doing the work. Required: Analyse the scenario from the perspective of the law of contract, advising Astride: (a) Whether she can require Bild Ltd to reconstruct the garden wall in order to make it the agreed height, and i

[简答题]Astride entered into a contract with Bild Ltd to construct a wall around the garden of a house she had just purchased. The wall was to be three metres high to block out a view of a rubbish tip. The wall was due to be finished in May and Astride entered into another contract with Chris to landscape the garden starting on 1 June. Bild Ltd finished the wall on 25 May. However when Astride came to examine it for the first time she found that it was only 2·50 metres high and that the rubbish tip was still visible from the top of her garden. On 1 June, Chris informed Astride that he was too busy to landscape her garden and that she would have to get someone else to do it. The only person available, however, will charge Astride ￡500 more than Chris had agreed for doing the work. Required: Analyse the scenario from the perspective of the law of contract, advising Astride:(a) Whether she can require Bild Ltd to reconstruct the garden wall in order to make it the agreed height, and if

[简答题](b)Melody, a little known singer, entered into a contract with a recording company Marvo Records where she would record exclusively for them for a period of two years beginning January 2007. Soon afterwards, Melody’s career ‘took off’ and in spite of the contract with Marvo Records she entered into a new contract with a rival company to record exclusively for them. Marvo Records decide to approach the courts for relief. Required: In relation to the law of contract, state whether or not the court is likely to grant Marvo Records an interdict (injunction) to prevent the threatened breach of contract between Melody and Marvo Records. (5 marks)

[简答题]At the start of 2010, Hot Ltd entered into the following transactions in an endeavour to sustain its operation:(a) It borrowed ￡50,000 from Ina, secured by a floating charge. The floating charge was created on 1 April and it was registered on 15 April;(b) It borrowed a further ￡50,000 from Jo. This loan was secured by a floating charge created on 3 April and registered on 12 April;(c) It borrowed ￡100,000 from Ko-Bank. This loan was secured by a fixed charge. It was created on 5 April and was registered on 16 April.Unfortunately, the money borrowed was not sufficient to sustain Hot Ltd and, in August 2013, compulsory liquidation proceedings were begun. It is extremely unlikely that there will be sufficient assets to pay the debts owed to all of the secured creditors.Required:Advise Hot Ltd as to the order of security and payment of the above debts and explain why they are placed in that order. (10 marks)

[简答题]Yado Steel Co Ltd (Yado Steel) entered into a loan agreement with Industry Bank to borrow RMB 20 million yuan for its expansion programme. Yado Steel provided its office building as property mortgaged for the debt, and made the registration as required. Mr Ding, one of the shareholders of Yado Steel, placed a guarantee letter of general liability in favour of Industry Bank. Due to poor performance, Yado Steel failed to repay the debt when it came to maturity. Meanwhile, Industry Bank, under a restructuring plan, transferred the credit of RMB 20 million yuan together with the right of pledge to Oriental Assets Management Co (OAM). It also made a written notice to Yado Steel and Mr Ding, but failed to transfer the right of mortgage to OAM. On the contrary, Industry Bank concluded an agreement with Yado Steel before it went bankrupt, and settled other debts owed by the latter through the sale of the office building as mortgaged for the loan. Having found this fact, OAM, as a transferee o

[单项选择]

It was 2:05 in the afternoon. When I entered the classroom, I was surprised to see a video camera. Our class teacher was operating the camera, and my classmates were all talking among themselves slowly. Most of us had never been in front of a video camera before, so we were quite nervous. As for of myself, I had once faced one at home, my uncle was shooting when we were celebrating my sister’s birthday. But this was completely different. We had to talk about our articles as if we were reading news on TV. The funny thing was that every time I tried to face the camera and talk about my article, I forgot the article and couldn’t resist looking down at it. It was a completely different experience for me, thanks to our class teacher.

What were the students going to do （　）
A. They were going to read their articles before a video camera.
B. They were going to read news on TV.
C. They were going to celebrate the writer’s sister’s birthday.

[单项选择]Passage Two