Tort law worksheet with answers

Under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957, an occupier must be prepared for children to be:

1. AKept off the premises entirely
2. BAs careful as adults
3. CLess careful than adults
4. DAlways supervised by parents

In English law, who can normally sue in private nuisance?

1. AA person with a right to the land affected, such as an owner or tenant
2. BOnly the local authority
3. CAny visitor staying at the property
4. DAnyone who lives at the property, including family members and lodgers

An employer's duty to provide competent staff, safe equipment, a safe place and a safe system of work is:

1. AA non-delegable duty
2. BA duty that applies only in factories
3. CA duty owed only to managers
4. DA duty that can be passed to any contractor

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

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

The Caparo test for a new duty of care requires:

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

A milkman, forbidden by his employer to give lifts, lets a boy ride on his float to help deliver milk. The boy is injured by the milkman's negligence. In Rose v Plenty, the employer was:

1. ALiable only if the milkman had no insurance
2. BVicariously liable, because the boy was helping with the employer's work
3. CNot liable, because giving lifts had been expressly forbidden by the employer
4. DNot liable, because the boy was a trespasser

A police officer, without arresting her, takes hold of a woman's arm to stop her walking away so she can be questioned. In Collins v Wilcock:

1. AThis was only an assault, as no harm was done
2. BThis was lawful, because she was suspected
3. CThis was lawful, as police may restrain anyone they wish to question
4. DThis was a battery, as it went beyond acceptable everyday contact

Young offenders escape while their officers sleep, and damage a yacht nearby. In Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co, the House of Lords held:

1. ANo duty, because the damage was done by third parties acting of their own free will
2. BThe yacht owner was contributorily negligent
3. CNo duty, because the Home Office is part of the Crown
4. DA duty could be owed, because the officers had control over the offenders