Tort law worksheet with answers

For a defamation claim, the statement must be defamatory, refer to the claimant, and be:

1. ARepeated by at least two people
2. BPublished in print or on television
3. CRead by the claimant personally
4. DPublished to at least one third party

Contributory negligence usually leads to:

1. AComplete defeat of the claim in all modern systems
2. BCriminal liability for the claimant
3. CA reduction in the claimant's damages
4. DA higher award of damages

What is the usual remedy for an ongoing private nuisance?

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

A five-year-old falls into a trench on open land while playing without an adult. In Phipps v Rochester Corporation, the occupier was:

1. ALiable, because the trench was not fenced
2. BLiable, because young children must be protected from every danger on the land
3. CNot liable, because the child was a trespasser
4. DNot liable, because it could expect parents to supervise very young children

A man bangs trays and shouts every time his neighbour, a music teacher, gives lessons, purely to annoy her. In Christie v Davey, the court held:

1. AIntention is irrelevant in nuisance, so his motive could not affect the claim
2. BOnly the police could deal with the noise
3. CMusic lessons are themselves a nuisance
4. DHis malice made the noise an unreasonable use of land and a nuisance

In Bolitho v City and Hackney HA, the House of Lords added to the Bolam test that the professional opinion relied on must:

1. ABe held by most doctors in the country
2. BBe capable of withstanding logical analysis
3. CBe written in a medical textbook
4. DBe accepted by the patient

Under section 4 of the Defamation Act 2013, the public interest defence requires that:

1. AThe statement was made in Parliament or in court
2. BThe statement was on a matter of public interest and the defendant honestly believed that every factual claim it contained was true
3. CThe statement is shown to be substantially true
4. DThe statement was on a matter of public interest and the defendant reasonably believed publishing it was in the public interest

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. AOnly the fact of her addiction was private
2. BThere was no claim, because she had lied about drug use
3. CPublishing the details and photographs was a misuse of private information
4. DThere was no claim, because the photographs were taken on a public street in London