Tort law worksheet with answers

Trespass to land means:

1. ABuilding a house on your own land
2. BMaking noise on your own land
3. CEntering or remaining on another's land without permission
4. DSelling land without a contract

Which three elements must a claimant usually prove in negligence?

1. ADuty of care, breach of that duty and damage caused by the breach
2. BContract, breach and loss
3. CFault, punishment and apology
4. DIntention, motive and harm

In a personal injury claim, "special damages" usually cover:

1. ASpecific financial losses up to trial, such as lost earnings and medical costs
2. BCompensation for pain, suffering and loss of amenity up to the date of the trial
3. CExtra damages to punish the defendant
4. DA nominal sum to mark that a right was infringed

Rylands v Fletcher liability concerns:

1. ADefamation in newspapers
2. BLiability for any harm caused by careless use of land, even without escape
3. CEscape of a dangerous thing brought onto land in a non-natural use
4. DMedical negligence

Under Froom v Butcher, if wearing a seatbelt would have prevented a car passenger's injuries entirely, damages are usually reduced by:

1. A25%
2. B10%
3. C75%
4. D50%

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

After Barker v Corus held that liability under the Fairchild exception was proportionate to each defendant's share of the risk, Parliament responded for mesothelioma cases by:

1. ACreating a state compensation fund to replace tort claims against employers and their insurers entirely
2. BRequiring proof of "but for" causation in all cases
3. CAbolishing claims for asbestos disease
4. DMaking each responsible person liable for the whole damage, under the Compensation Act 2006

Under section 4 of the Defamation Act 2013, the public interest defence requires that:

1. AThe statement was made in Parliament or in court
2. BThe statement is shown to be substantially true
3. CThe statement was on a matter of public interest and the defendant reasonably believed publishing it was in the public interest
4. DThe statement was on a matter of public interest and the defendant honestly believed that every factual claim it contained was true