Tort law worksheet with answers

The tort of assault is:

1. AHolding someone in a room against their will
2. BCausing someone to reasonably expect immediate unlawful force
3. CActually applying force to someone directly and without their consent
4. DInsulting someone in front of others

Defamation protects a person's:

1. APrivacy of medical records only
2. BProperty
3. CPhysical safety
4. DReputation

A civil claim for breach of statutory duty succeeds only if:

1. AParliament intended the statute to give individuals a right to sue
2. BThe defendant has also been convicted of a criminal offence under the statute
3. CThe claimant has no other possible claim
4. DThe statute creates any duty at all

The Wagon Mound case concerns which issue?

1. AStrict liability for animals
2. BDirectness: a defendant is liable for all direct consequences of the breach
3. CRemoteness: only reasonably foreseeable types of damage are recoverable
4. DDuty of care to unborn children

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

1. AEvery possible risk, however remote
2. BOnly the risks other doctors would usually mention
3. CNothing, unless the patient asks
4. DMaterial risks of treatment and reasonable alternatives

An occupier hires a reputable lift company to maintain a lift. The company's negligence causes an accident. Under Haseldine v Daw, the occupier is:

1. ALiable only if the lift is new
2. BNot liable, if it reasonably chose a competent contractor
3. CLiable, because maintenance is non-delegable
4. DLiable for any defect on its premises

In Lachaux v Independent Print (2019), the Supreme Court held that "serious harm" under section 1 of the Defamation Act 2013 must be shown:

1. ABy the number of people who read it, which must exceed a fixed threshold
2. BOnly by showing the claimant lost money
3. CBy reference to the actual impact of the statement, as a matter of fact
4. DOnly by the inherent meaning of the words

A prisoner known to be a suicide risk kills himself in a police cell after officers leave the door hatch open. In Reeves v Metropolitan Police Commissioner, the House of Lords held:

1. AHis deliberate act did not break the chain, because it was the very thing the duty aimed to prevent
2. BHis deliberate act broke the chain of causation
3. CThe claim failed because of illegality
4. DThe police were not liable, because a sane adult's suicide is always a voluntary act breaking the chain