Tort law worksheet with answers

Trespass to land means:

1. AEntering or remaining on another's land without permission
2. BMaking noise on your own land
3. CSelling land without a contract
4. DBuilding a house on your own land

False imprisonment is:

1. ABlocking one of several routes a person wants to take, however briefly
2. BUnlawfully and completely restricting a person's freedom of movement
3. CRefusing to let someone enter your house
4. DWrongly reporting someone to the police

Statements made by MPs during debates in the UK Parliament are protected in defamation by:

1. AThe defence of honest opinion
2. BQualified privilege
3. CThe public interest defence
4. DAbsolute privilege

A worker inhales silica dust from two sources, only one of which was due to the employer's breach. In Bonnington Castings v Wardlaw, the employer was liable because the guilty dust:

1. AMaterially contributed to the disease
2. BWas easier to prevent than the other dust
3. CWas more than half of the total dust
4. DWas the only cause of the disease

The Caparo test for a new duty of care requires:

1. AProof of criminal conduct
2. BForeseeability of harm, proximity and that it is fair, just and reasonable to impose a duty
3. CA contract between the parties, a breach of its terms and loss flowing directly from the breach
4. DIntention, motive and damage

A firefighter is injured by a heavy jack in an unsuitable lorry rushed to rescue a woman trapped under a vehicle. Under Watt v Hertfordshire CC, the fire authority was:

1. ANegligent, because it used an unsuitable vehicle
2. BStrictly liable for injuries to employees
3. CNot negligent, because saving life justified the risk
4. DNegligent, because firefighters must never take risks

Under the EU Product Liability Directive, the "development risks" defence allows a producer to escape liability if:

1. AThe state of scientific and technical knowledge when the product was circulated did not allow the defect to be discovered
2. BThe producer was not negligent in manufacturing
3. CThe consumer did not read the instructions
4. DThe product was sold at a low price

A man is prevented from walking along part of a bridge closed for an event, but is free to go back the way he came. In Bird v Jones, the court held:

1. AThere was false imprisonment, because the bridge was public
2. BThere was an assault, because he was blocked
3. CThere was false imprisonment, because he could not continue the way he wanted to go
4. DThere was no false imprisonment, because his freedom was not totally restricted