Tort law worksheet with answers

Which defence applies when the claimant voluntarily accepted the risk of harm?

1. ANecessity
2. BContributory negligence
3. CVolenti non fit injuria (consent)
4. DSelf-defence

In English law, publishing private information without justification is mainly dealt with by the tort of:

1. AMisuse of private information
2. BMalicious falsehood
3. CDefamation
4. DTrespass to land

The tort of battery is:

1. ACarelessly injuring another person on the road
2. BThe intentional and direct application of unlawful force to another person
3. CMaking a false statement that harms someone's reputation
4. DCausing another person to reasonably fear that unlawful force is about to be used

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

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

A five-year-old falls into a trench on open land while playing without an adult. In Phipps v Rochester Corporation, the occupier was:

1. ALiable, because young children must be protected from every danger on the land
2. BLiable, because the trench was not fenced
3. CNot liable, because it could expect parents to supervise very young children
4. DNot liable, because the child was a trespasser

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

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

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

A tall new building blocks television reception for many nearby homes. In Hunter v Canary Wharf, the House of Lords held:

1. AThere was no nuisance, as nuisance requires noise
2. BThere was no actionable nuisance, and only those with an interest in land could sue
3. CThere was a nuisance, but only the council could sue
4. DThere was a nuisance, and all residents, including family members and lodgers, could sue