Tort law worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What is the usual remedy for an ongoing private nuisance?

  1. AAn injunction
  2. BRescission
  3. CA fine payable to the state
  4. DAn apology ordered by the court
2.Easy

Contributory negligence usually leads to:

  1. AA reduction in the claimant's damages
  2. BA higher award of damages
  3. CComplete defeat of the claim in all modern systems
  4. DCriminal liability for the claimant
3.Easy

Under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957, an occupier must be prepared for children to be:

  1. AKept off the premises entirely
  2. BAlways supervised by parents
  3. CLess careful than adults
  4. DAs careful as adults
4.Medium

Under Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, a doctor must inform a patient about:

  1. AMaterial risks of treatment and reasonable alternatives
  2. BNothing, unless the patient asks
  3. COnly the risks other doctors would usually mention
  4. DEvery possible risk, however remote
5.Medium

A house is built on defective foundations, approved by the local authority. Cracks appear and the owner sells at a loss. In Murphy v Brentwood DC, the loss was:

  1. ARecoverable because the council approved the plans
  2. BPhysical damage, fully recoverable
  3. CRecoverable only against the buyer
  4. DPure economic loss, not recoverable in negligence
6.Medium

Strict liability means a defendant can be liable:

  1. AOnly for criminal acts
  2. BWithout proof of fault
  3. COnly if they acted intentionally
  4. DOnly if they broke a contract
7.Hard

A mother arrives at hospital about two hours after a road accident and sees her family injured and covered in blood. In McLoughlin v O'Brian, she:

  1. ACould recover, as she saw the immediate aftermath
  2. BCould not recover, as she was only told about it
  3. CCould not recover, as she was not at the scene
  4. DCould recover only for financial losses
8.Hard

In occupiers' liability, the duty owed to trespassers in English law is:

  1. ALower than to visitors, arising only in specific circumstances under the 1984 Act
  2. BHigher than to lawful visitors
  3. CExactly the same as to lawful visitors, under the common duty of care in the 1957 Act
  4. DNon-existent in all circumstances

Answer key

  1. 1. A · An injunction
  2. 2. A · A reduction in the claimant's damages
  3. 3. C · Less careful than adults
  4. 4. A · Material risks of treatment and reasonable alternatives
  5. 5. D · Pure economic loss, not recoverable in negligence
  6. 6. B · Without proof of fault
  7. 7. A · Could recover, as she saw the immediate aftermath
  8. 8. A · Lower than to visitors, arising only in specific circumstances under the 1984 Act

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