Tort law worksheet with answers

In England and Wales, a negligence claim for personal injury must usually be started within:

1. AThree years of the injury or the date of knowledge
2. BSix years of the injury
3. COne year of the injury
4. DTwelve years of the injury

Which three elements must a claimant usually prove in negligence?

1. AIntention, motive and harm
2. BContract, breach and loss
3. CDuty of care, breach of that duty and damage caused by the breach
4. DFault, punishment and apology

The tort of assault is:

1. AInsulting someone in front of others
2. BActually applying force to someone directly and without their consent
3. CCausing someone to reasonably expect immediate unlawful force
4. DHolding someone in a room against their will

A young man dives into a shallow lake in a public park despite warning signs and is paralysed. In Tomlinson v Congleton BC, the council was:

1. ANot liable, because the risk was obvious and voluntarily taken
2. BLiable for half of the damage
3. CLiable, because it did not destroy the beach
4. DLiable, because the signs were ignored by many

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

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

A premature baby goes blind. Excess oxygen negligently given was only one of five possible causes. In Wilsher v Essex AHA, the claim:

1. ASucceeded, with damages reduced by four fifths
2. BSucceeded, because the negligence materially increased the risk of the blindness
3. CFailed, because no duty was owed to a baby
4. DFailed, because the claimant could not prove the negligence caused the blindness

Under section 3 of the Defamation Act 2013, the honest opinion defence requires that the statement:

1. AWas an opinion, indicated its basis, and an honest person could have held it on the facts
2. BWas made with no intention to harm
3. CWas published by a professional journalist
4. DWas a statement of fact, indicated its source, and was shown to be substantially true by the defendant

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. BAuthorities are always immune from all claims
3. CCourts are reluctant to impose duties for failing to confer benefits or for policy decisions
4. DThe authority must be sued in a criminal court