Tort law worksheet with answers

When two tortfeasors cause the same indivisible damage, the claimant can usually:

1. ASue only the one who acted first
2. BSue only if both are joined in one claim
3. CRecover only half from each of them
4. DRecover the full damages from either of them

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 that can be passed to any contractor
4. DA duty owed only to managers

The tort of assault is:

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

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

Under Froom v Butcher, if wearing a seatbelt would have prevented a car passenger's injuries entirely, damages are usually reduced by:

1. A25%
2. B50%
3. C75%
4. D10%

An occupier hires a reputable lift company to maintain a lift. The company's negligence causes an accident. Under Haseldine v Daw, the occupier is:

1. ALiable for any defect on its premises
2. BNot liable, if it reasonably chose a competent contractor
3. CLiable only if the lift is new
4. DLiable, because maintenance is non-delegable

A council's water pipe to a block of flats leaks and causes an embankment to collapse, exposing a gas main. In Transco v Stockport MBC, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe council was liable in negligence for the leak
2. BThere was no Rylands liability, because supplying water by pipe was not a non-natural use
3. CThe council was strictly liable for all escaping water
4. DRylands v Fletcher was abolished in English law

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, because it chose the doctor
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, as the relationship was akin to employment and the bank benefited from his work