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. ACompensation Act 2006
2. BLaw Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945
3. COccupiers' Liability Act 1984
4. DFatal Accidents Act 1976

The tort of battery is:

1. AThe intentional and direct application of unlawful force to another person
2. BMaking a false statement that harms someone's reputation
3. CCarelessly injuring another person on the road
4. DCausing another person to reasonably fear that unlawful force is about to be used

To bring a private claim for public nuisance, a claimant must show:

1. AAn interest in land next to the place where the nuisance occurs
2. BSpecial damage beyond that suffered by the public in general
3. CThat a criminal conviction has been obtained
4. DThat the defendant intended to cause harm

The Bolam test applies to:

1. AThe standard of care expected of professionals such as doctors
2. BThe remoteness of damage
3. COccupiers' liability to trespassers
4. DDefamation defences

A premature baby goes blind. Excess oxygen negligently given was only one of five possible causes. In Wilsher v Essex AHA, the claim:

1. AFailed, because no duty was owed to a baby
2. BSucceeded, because the negligence materially increased the risk of the blindness
3. CSucceeded, with damages reduced by four fifths
4. DFailed, because the claimant could not prove the negligence caused the blindness

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

In the Dutch "relativity" requirement (Article 6:163 BW), a claim fails if:

1. AThe norm that was broken does not aim to protect the claimant against the damage suffered
2. BThe defendant did not foresee the precise way in which the damage to the claimant would come about
3. CThe claimant did not hire a lawyer
4. DThe damage exceeds a fixed amount

After an accident in a tunnel, a police inspector negligently orders an officer to ride back against the traffic, and the officer is hit. In Knightley v Johns, the original negligent driver was:

1. ANot liable for the officer's injury, because the inspector's negligence broke the chain
2. BLiable, because rescuers are foreseeable
3. CLiable for half, shared with the inspector
4. DLiable for all consequences, because the officer's injury was a foreseeable result of the crash