Tort law worksheet with answers

Trespass torts are "actionable per se", meaning:

1. AThe claimant must prove serious harm
2. BThe claimant does not need to prove any damage
3. COnly the state can bring the claim
4. DThe claim must be brought within a month

In English law, the difference between libel and slander is that:

1. ALibel concerns companies and public bodies, while slander concerns private individuals
2. BLibel is a crime, while slander is a tort
3. CLibel is in permanent form, while slander is in a temporary form such as speech
4. DLibel must be true, while slander must be false

What is a tort?

1. AA civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, that gives a right to compensation
2. BA type of contract
3. CA tax on damages
4. DA wrong punished by the state through fines, imprisonment or community service orders

A driver is in a minor collision, suffers no physical injury, but his chronic fatigue illness becomes permanent. In Page v Smith, he could recover because:

1. AThe defendant intended to injure him
2. BPsychiatric injury is always recoverable after any road accident, however minor
3. CHe had a close tie of love with the other driver
4. DHe was a primary victim and personal injury of some kind was foreseeable

In Barnett v Chelsea and Kensington Hospital, why did the claim fail?

1. AThe hospital owed no duty of care to a patient it had not admitted
2. BThe claim was made too late
3. CThe patient would have died even with proper treatment
4. DThe doctor met the standard of care

Two 15-year-old girls fence with plastic rulers and one is injured in the eye. Under Mullin v Richards, the defendant's conduct is judged by the standard of:

1. AA reasonable adult
2. BThe defendant's own understanding
3. CA reasonable 15-year-old
4. DA reasonable teacher

For a public authority, a negligence claim about how it exercised a statutory power often fails because:

1. AThe authority must be sued in a criminal court
2. BAuthorities are always immune from all claims
3. CCourts are reluctant to impose duties for failing to confer benefits or for policy decisions
4. DStatutory powers automatically create a private law duty to use them carefully for each citizen

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

1. AHigher than to lawful visitors
2. BExactly the same as to lawful visitors, under the common duty of care in the 1957 Act
3. CNon-existent in all circumstances
4. DLower than to visitors, arising only in specific circumstances under the 1984 Act