Tort law worksheet with answers

The tort of battery is:

1. AMaking a false statement that harms someone's reputation
2. BCausing another person to reasonably fear that unlawful force is about to be used
3. CCarelessly injuring another person on the road
4. DThe intentional and direct application of unlawful force to another person

In English law, who can normally sue in private nuisance?

1. AAny visitor staying at the property
2. BOnly the local authority
3. CAnyone who lives at the property, including family members and lodgers
4. DA person with a right to the land affected, such as an owner or tenant

In general, a person who hires an independent contractor is:

1. ALiable for all torts committed in the same year
2. BNot vicariously liable for the contractor's torts
3. CLiable only if the contractor has no insurance
4. DAlways vicariously liable for the contractor's torts

A five-year-old falls into a trench on open land while playing without an adult. In Phipps v Rochester Corporation, the occupier was:

1. ALiable, because young children must be protected from every danger on the land
2. BNot liable, because the child was a trespasser
3. CLiable, because the trench was not fenced
4. DNot liable, because it could expect parents to supervise very young children

A council leaves an abandoned boat on its land. Two boys jack it up to repair it, and it falls and injures one. In Jolley v Sutton LBC, the council was:

1. ALiable, because the broad type of accident was foreseeable
2. BLiable only to the boy who used the jack
3. CNot liable, because repairs are not play
4. DNot liable, because the boys' exact actions were unforeseeable

The Caparo test for a new duty of care requires:

1. AIntention, motive and damage
2. BForeseeability of harm, proximity and that it is fair, just and reasonable to impose a duty
3. CProof of criminal conduct
4. DA contract between the parties, a breach of its terms and loss flowing directly from the breach

As a practical joke, a man falsely tells a woman that her husband has been badly injured. She suffers a serious illness from the shock. In Wilkinson v Downton, the man was:

1. ALiable for intentionally causing physical harm by a false statement
2. BNot liable, because it was only a joke
3. CLiable only in defamation
4. DNot liable, because there was no direct physical contact with the woman

A police officer, without arresting her, takes hold of a woman's arm to stop her walking away so she can be questioned. In Collins v Wilcock:

1. AThis was lawful, because she was suspected
2. BThis was a battery, as it went beyond acceptable everyday contact
3. CThis was lawful, as police may restrain anyone they wish to question
4. DThis was only an assault, as no harm was done