Tort law worksheet with answers

In English law, is there a general duty to rescue a stranger in danger?

1. ANo, unless the stranger asks for help
2. BYes, but only for trained professionals
3. CNo, there is generally no liability for a pure omission
4. DYes, everyone must try to rescue anyone in danger

Defamation protects a person's:

1. AProperty
2. BReputation
3. CPhysical safety
4. DPrivacy of medical records only

How do English courts usually treat a person injured while rescuing someone endangered by the defendant's negligence?

1. AThey cannot claim, because they volunteered
2. BThey can claim only if they are professional rescuers, such as firefighters
3. CThey can usually claim, because rescue is foreseeable
4. DThey can claim only half their damages

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

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. APure economic loss, not recoverable in negligence
2. BRecoverable because the council approved the plans
3. CPhysical damage, fully recoverable
4. DRecoverable only against the buyer

Auditors negligently certify a company's accounts. An investor relies on them to buy more shares and suffers loss. In Caparo v Dickman, the auditors:

1. AOwed a duty to anyone relying on the accounts
2. BWere strictly liable for errors in the accounts
3. COwed no duty to the investor for this purpose
4. DOwed a duty because the investor was a shareholder

Fumes from a copper smelting works damage trees and shrubs on a nearby estate in an industrial area. In St Helen's Smelting v Tipping, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe character of the locality was irrelevant, because there was physical damage to property
2. BThere was no nuisance, because the character of the industrial area excused the fumes and the damage
3. CThe claimant came to the nuisance, so lost
4. DThere was a nuisance only if the fumes were noisy

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