Tort law worksheet with answers

False imprisonment is:

1. ABlocking one of several routes a person wants to take, however briefly
2. BRefusing to let someone enter your house
3. CWrongly reporting someone to the police
4. DUnlawfully and completely restricting a person's freedom of movement

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

1. ATwelve years of the injury
2. BOne year of the injury
3. CThree years of the injury or the date of knowledge
4. DSix years of the injury

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

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

A boarding-house warden employed by a school abuses the boys in his care. In Lister v Hesley Hall, the employer was:

1. ANot liable, because abuse is never within the course of the warden's employment
2. BVicariously liable, because the abuse was closely connected with his duties
3. CLiable only for its own negligent hiring
4. DNot liable, because the warden acted for himself

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 15-year-old
2. BA reasonable teacher
3. CA reasonable adult
4. DThe defendant's own understanding

A house is built on defective foundations, approved by the local authority. Cracks appear and the owner sells at a loss. In Murphy v Brentwood DC, the loss was:

1. APure economic loss, not recoverable in negligence
2. BRecoverable because the council approved the plans
3. CPhysical damage, fully recoverable
4. DRecoverable only against the buyer

The "eggshell skull" rule means that:

1. AOnly foreseeable claimants can sue
2. BThe defendant must take the victim as found, including unusual vulnerabilities
3. CFragile victims cannot recover damages
4. DHead injuries are compensated at a fixed rate

A bank requires job applicants to have medical examinations by a self-employed doctor, who abuses some of them. In Barclays Bank v Various Claimants (2020), the Supreme Court held the bank:

1. AVicariously liable, as the relationship was akin to employment and the bank benefited from his work
2. BStrictly liable for any harm to applicants
3. CNot vicariously liable, as the doctor was an independent contractor running his own business
4. DVicariously liable, because it chose the doctor