Tort law worksheet with answers

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

1. ATwelve years of the injury
2. BSix years of the injury
3. COne year of the injury
4. DThree years of the injury or the date of knowledge

Contributory negligence usually leads to:

1. AA higher award of damages
2. BCriminal liability for the claimant
3. CA reduction in the claimant's damages
4. DComplete defeat of the claim in all modern systems

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

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

In Bolitho v City and Hackney HA, the House of Lords added to the Bolam test that the professional opinion relied on must:

1. ABe written in a medical textbook
2. BBe held by most doctors in the country
3. CBe accepted by the patient
4. DBe capable of withstanding logical analysis

Two chimney sweeps die from fumes while sealing a chimney, despite warnings about the danger. In Roles v Nathan, the occupier was:

1. ALiable, because the warnings were given orally
2. BLiable, because occupiers must make premises completely safe for every visitor, including specialists
3. CNot liable, because the sweeps were trespassers
4. DNot liable, because specialists can be expected to guard against risks of their trade

The "but for" test is used to establish:

1. AThe standard of care
2. BFactual causation
3. CRemoteness of damage
4. DDuty of care

A woman's 999 call is wrongly graded, and the police arrive too late to stop her former partner killing her. In Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police, the Supreme Court held:

1. AThe police were strictly liable for the delay
2. BThe call handler alone was personally liable
3. CThe police owed no duty in negligence to protect her
4. DThe police owed a duty because they took the call

In Hedley Byrne v Heller, liability for negligent misstatement arose because:

1. AThe statement caused physical injury
2. BThere was a contract between the parties under which the bank was paid a fee for the reference it gave
3. CThe defendant intended to deceive
4. DThere was a special relationship in which the claimant reasonably relied on advice given with skill