Tort law worksheet with answers

Which defence applies when the claimant voluntarily accepted the risk of harm?

1. ANecessity
2. BVolenti non fit injuria (consent)
3. CSelf-defence
4. DContributory negligence

What is a tort?

1. AA civil wrong, other than a breach of contract, that gives a right to compensation
2. BA wrong punished by the state through fines, imprisonment or community service orders
3. CA type of contract
4. DA tax on damages

Compensatory damages in tort generally aim to:

1. APut the claimant in the position they would have been in without the tort
2. BPunish the defendant for the wrongdoing
3. CPut the claimant in the position they would have been in if a promise had been kept
4. DDivide the loss equally between the parties

In a claim for psychiatric harm, a "secondary victim" must usually show:

1. APhysical injury of their own
2. BA close tie of love and affection and closeness in time and space to the event
3. CThat they were paid to be present
4. DOnly that they suffered a recognised psychiatric illness after hearing of the event

Two chimney sweeps die from fumes while sealing a chimney, despite warnings about the danger. In Roles v Nathan, the occupier was:

1. ALiable, because the warnings were given orally
2. BLiable, because occupiers must make premises completely safe for every visitor, including specialists
3. CNot liable, because the sweeps were trespassers
4. DNot liable, because specialists can be expected to guard against risks of their trade

A learner driver on her third lesson crashes and injures her instructor. Under Nettleship v Weston, her driving is judged by the standard of:

1. AHer own best efforts as a beginner
2. BA reasonable learner at the same stage
3. CA professional racing driver
4. DA reasonably competent and experienced driver

A prisoner known to be a suicide risk kills himself in a police cell after officers leave the door hatch open. In Reeves v Metropolitan Police Commissioner, the House of Lords held:

1. AThe claim failed because of illegality
2. BHis deliberate act did not break the chain, because it was the very thing the duty aimed to prevent
3. CHis deliberate act broke the chain of causation
4. DThe police were not liable, because a sane adult's suicide is always a voluntary act breaking the chain

A petrol station kiosk attendant racially abuses a customer, follows him outside and assaults him. In Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets, the employer was:

1. ALiable only if it had trained him poorly
2. BNot liable, because violence was not part of his job
3. CVicariously liable, as the assault was closely connected to his job of serving customers
4. DNot liable, because the assault took place outside the kiosk and after the conversation ended