Law Basics
This is a past case used to guide future decisions
What is a precedent?
This is Singapore’s highest court
What is the Court of Appeal?
This is a TV show with Harvey Specter
What is Suits?
This gets wetter the more it dries
What is a towel?
This is a suspect’s reason for committing a crime
This is a civil wrong that allows someone to sue for damages
What is a tort?
This is the current Chief Justice of Singapore
Who is Sundaresh Menon?
Elle Woods goes to this law school
What is Harvard?
The more you take, the more you leave behind
What are footsteps?
This is the process of determining cause of death
What is an autopsy?
This is the “guilty mind” in criminal law
What is mens rea?
This is the body that decides whether to prosecute criminal offences in Singapore
What is the Attorney-General's Chambers?
This is the lawyer in How to Get Away with Murder
Who is Annalise Keating?
This comes once in a minute, twice in a moment
What is the letter 'M'?
This must be established before breach and damage are considered in tort
What is duty of care
This is the standard of proof required to convict in a criminal trial
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
This is the legal system Singapore follows
What is common law?
In the Marvel universe, this superhero is also a lawyer by day
Who is Daredevil?
I build trust when I’m kept, but destroy it when I’m broken.
What is a promise?
This is one of the special exceptions to murder.
What is GSP/Exceeding PD/(Exceeding)Public Servant Acting in Good Faith/Sudden Fight/Consent/Infanticide/Abnormality of Mind
A contract is not valid without this (e.g. something of value exchanged)
What is consideration?
This is the minimum age of criminal responsibility
What is 10 years old?
This 1957 film features jurors debating a murder case in one room
What is 12 Angry Men?
This is when a man pushes his car to a hotel and loses all his money
What is Monopoly?
This legal concept allows courts to treat multiple offenders as one when they act with a shared criminal plan
What is common intention?