Tort law worksheet with answers

Which English statute lets dependants of a person killed by a tort claim for their loss of financial support?

1. ALaw Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945
2. BOccupiers' Liability Act 1984
3. CCompensation Act 2006
4. DFatal Accidents Act 1976

In negligence, the standard of care is usually that of:

1. AThe reasonable person in the defendant's position
2. BThe claimant's expectations
3. CA perfect expert in every case
4. DThe defendant's own personal best

The tort of assault is:

1. AActually applying force to someone directly and without their consent
2. BHolding someone in a room against their will
3. CInsulting someone in front of others
4. DCausing someone to reasonably expect immediate unlawful force

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

A surgeon fails to warn a patient of a small risk of a serious complication. The patient would have had the operation anyway, but later. The risk materialises. In Chester v Afshar, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe surgeon was liable only for the cost of the operation
2. BThe surgeon was not liable, as the "but for" test failed
3. CThe patient consented, so there was no claim
4. DThe surgeon was liable, modifying normal causation principles

Two 15-year-old girls fence with plastic rulers and one is injured in the eye. Under Mullin v Richards, the defendant's conduct is judged by the standard of:

1. AA reasonable teacher
2. BA reasonable 15-year-old
3. CThe defendant's own understanding
4. DA reasonable adult

A tall new building blocks television reception for many nearby homes. In Hunter v Canary Wharf, the House of Lords held:

1. AThere was no nuisance, as nuisance requires noise
2. BThere was a nuisance, but only the council could sue
3. CThere was no actionable nuisance, and only those with an interest in land could sue
4. DThere was a nuisance, and all residents, including family members and lodgers, could sue

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