Tort law worksheet with answers

In negligence, the standard of care is usually that of:

1. AThe reasonable person in the defendant's position
2. BThe defendant's own personal best
3. CThe claimant's expectations
4. DA perfect expert in every case

When two tortfeasors cause the same indivisible damage, the claimant can usually:

1. ASue only if both are joined in one claim
2. BRecover the full damages from either of them
3. CSue only the one who acted first
4. DRecover only half from each of them

In England and Wales, a negligence claim for personal injury must usually be started within:

1. AThree years of the injury or the date of knowledge
2. BTwelve years of the injury
3. COne year of the injury
4. DSix years of the injury

Strict liability means a defendant can be liable:

1. AOnly if they acted intentionally
2. BOnly if they broke a contract
3. COnly for criminal acts
4. DWithout proof of fault

A man bangs trays and shouts every time his neighbour, a music teacher, gives lessons, purely to annoy her. In Christie v Davey, the court held:

1. AMusic lessons are themselves a nuisance
2. BIntention is irrelevant in nuisance, so his motive could not affect the claim
3. CHis malice made the noise an unreasonable use of land and a nuisance
4. DOnly the police could deal with the noise

The Wagon Mound case concerns which issue?

1. ADuty of care to unborn children
2. BRemoteness: only reasonably foreseeable types of damage are recoverable
3. CStrict liability for animals
4. DDirectness: a defendant is liable for all direct consequences of the breach

A bank requires job applicants to have medical examinations by a self-employed doctor, who abuses some of them. In Barclays Bank v Various Claimants (2020), the Supreme Court held the bank:

1. ANot vicariously liable, as the doctor was an independent contractor running his own business
2. BVicariously liable, as the relationship was akin to employment and the bank benefited from his work
3. CStrictly liable for any harm to applicants
4. DVicariously liable, because it chose the doctor

After drinking together for hours, a man agrees to fly with an obviously very drunk pilot, and the plane crashes. In Morris v Murray, the passenger's claim:

1. AFailed, because he voluntarily accepted the risk
2. BSucceeded, because volenti never applies to passengers
3. CSucceeded, with damages reduced for contributory negligence
4. DFailed, because of illegality