Tort law worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What is the usual remedy for an ongoing private nuisance?

  1. AA fine payable to the state
  2. BAn apology ordered by the court
  3. CRescission
  4. DAn injunction
2.Easy

Trespass torts are "actionable per se", meaning:

  1. AOnly the state can bring the claim
  2. BThe claim must be brought within a month
  3. CThe claimant does not need to prove any damage
  4. DThe claimant must prove serious harm
3.Easy

When two tortfeasors cause the same indivisible damage, the claimant can usually:

  1. ARecover the full damages from either of them
  2. BSue only the one who acted first
  3. CSue only if both are joined in one claim
  4. DRecover only half from each of them
4.Medium

The "but for" test is used to establish:

  1. AThe standard of care
  2. BRemoteness of damage
  3. CDuty of care
  4. DFactual causation
5.Medium

A learner driver on her third lesson crashes and injures her instructor. Under Nettleship v Weston, her driving is judged by the standard of:

  1. AA professional racing driver
  2. BHer own best efforts as a beginner
  3. CA reasonably competent and experienced driver
  4. DA reasonable learner at the same stage
6.Medium

Under Dutch law, the general provision for liability for unlawful acts (onrechtmatige daad) is:

  1. AArticle 1 of the Constitution
  2. BArticle 7:17 BW
  3. CArticle 3:40 BW
  4. DArticle 6:162 BW
7.Hard

A newspaper publishes that a model is attending Narcotics Anonymous, with details and photographs of her leaving a meeting. In Campbell v MGN, the House of Lords held:

  1. APublishing the details and photographs was a misuse of private information
  2. BOnly the fact of her addiction was private
  3. CThere was no claim, because the photographs were taken on a public street in London
  4. DThere was no claim, because she had lied about drug use
8.Hard

As a practical joke, a man falsely tells a woman that her husband has been badly injured. She suffers a serious illness from the shock. In Wilkinson v Downton, the man was:

  1. ALiable only in defamation
  2. BNot liable, because there was no direct physical contact with the woman
  3. CNot liable, because it was only a joke
  4. DLiable for intentionally causing physical harm by a false statement

Answer key

  1. 1. D · An injunction
  2. 2. C · The claimant does not need to prove any damage
  3. 3. A · Recover the full damages from either of them
  4. 4. D · Factual causation
  5. 5. C · A reasonably competent and experienced driver
  6. 6. D · Article 6:162 BW
  7. 7. A · Publishing the details and photographs was a misuse of private information
  8. 8. D · Liable for intentionally causing physical harm by a false statement

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