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

Private nuisance concerns:

1. ABreaking a contract with a neighbour
2. BDamage to personal reputation
3. CUnreasonable interference with a person's use or enjoyment of land
4. DAny loud noise in a public place

In English law, who can normally sue in private nuisance?

1. AA person with a right to the land affected, such as an owner or tenant
2. BAnyone who lives at the property, including family members and lodgers
3. CAny visitor staying at the property
4. DOnly the local authority

Police officers who helped at the Hillsborough disaster suffered psychiatric injury. In White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire, their claims:

1. AFailed, because they were not in physical danger and were not primary victims
2. BSucceeded, because they were employees of the defendant
3. CSucceeded, because rescuers are always treated as primary victims in English law
4. DFailed, because the police can never sue their employer

A firefighter is injured by a heavy jack in an unsuitable lorry rushed to rescue a woman trapped under a vehicle. Under Watt v Hertfordshire CC, the fire authority was:

1. AStrictly liable for injuries to employees
2. BNot negligent, because saving life justified the risk
3. CNegligent, because firefighters must never take risks
4. DNegligent, because it used an unsuitable vehicle

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

1. A75%
2. B50%
3. C10%
4. D25%

A surveyor values a modest house for a mortgage lender, knowing the buyer will rely on it. The report is negligent and contains a disclaimer. In Smith v Eric S Bush, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe surveyor owed a duty to the buyer, and the disclaimer failed the reasonableness test
2. BThe disclaimer excluded all liability to the buyer
3. CThe lender alone could sue the surveyor
4. DThe surveyor owed no duty, because the buyer was not the client who commissioned the report

A "novus actus interveniens" can:

1. ACreate a new duty of care
2. BBreak the chain of causation between the defendant's breach and the harm
3. CIncrease the damages owed
4. DTurn a civil claim into a criminal one when the intervening act is an offence