Tort law worksheet with answers

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

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

Under the Defamation Act 2013, the defence of truth requires the defendant to show that:

1. AThe imputation conveyed by the statement is substantially true
2. BEvery single word of the statement is accurate
3. CThe statement was on a matter of public interest
4. DThe defendant honestly and reasonably believed the statement was true

For a defamation claim, the statement must be defamatory, refer to the claimant, and be:

1. ARead by the claimant personally
2. BRepeated by at least two people
3. CPublished in print or on television
4. DPublished to at least one third party

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

A man bangs trays and shouts every time his neighbour, a music teacher, gives lessons, purely to annoy her. In Christie v Davey, the court held:

1. AOnly the police could deal with the noise
2. BIntention is irrelevant in nuisance, so his motive could not affect the claim
3. CHis malice made the noise an unreasonable use of land and a nuisance
4. DMusic lessons are themselves a nuisance

A cricket ball is hit out of a ground very rarely and injures a passer-by. In Bolton v Stone, the club was:

1. AStrictly liable for anything leaving the ground
2. BNegligent, because it did not stop playing cricket
3. CNot negligent, because the risk was very small
4. DNegligent, because the injury was foreseeable

Which statement about the "loss of a chance" doctrine in English medical negligence is correct?

1. ALost chances are compensated proportionately, as in claims for lost commercial chances
2. BAny lost chance is fully compensated
3. CThe doctrine applies only to economic loss in all cases
4. DA lost chance of recovery below 50% is generally not compensated (Gregg v Scott)

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