Tort law worksheet with answers

Under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957, an occupier must be prepared for children to be:

1. AKept off the premises entirely
2. BLess careful than adults
3. CAlways supervised by parents
4. DAs careful as adults

Under Part I of the UK Consumer Protection Act 1987, liability for a defective product is:

1. AFault-based, so the claimant must prove negligence
2. BLimited to products bought directly from the producer
3. COnly available if there is a contract with the producer of the product
4. DStrict, so the claimant need not prove the producer was at fault

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

1. ATwelve years of the injury
2. BSix years of the injury
3. CThree years of the injury or the date of knowledge
4. DOne year of the injury

The "but for" test is used to establish:

1. ADuty of care
2. BThe standard of care
3. CFactual causation
4. DRemoteness of damage

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

A young man dives into a shallow lake in a public park despite warning signs and is paralysed. In Tomlinson v Congleton BC, the council was:

1. ANot liable, because the risk was obvious and voluntarily taken
2. BLiable, because the signs were ignored by many
3. CLiable, because it did not destroy the beach
4. DLiable for half of the damage

In Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services, the court allowed claims against employers even though the "but for" test could not be met because:

1. ASeveral employers had exposed the victim to asbestos and it was impossible to say which caused the mesothelioma
2. BThe employers admitted intention
3. CThe victims had signed contracts with all the employers, which expressly allocated liability for asbestos disease
4. DThe House of Lords abolished causation

Intruders start a fire in an empty, locked cinema, which spreads to neighbouring buildings. The owner did not know of earlier break-ins. In Smith v Littlewoods, the owner was:

1. AStrictly liable under Rylands v Fletcher
2. BNot liable, because it had no knowledge of the risk
3. CLiable, because fire spreading is always foreseeable
4. DLiable, because occupiers must guard against all intruders