Tort law worksheet with answers
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1.Easy
In general, a person who hires an independent contractor is:
- ALiable only if the contractor has no insurance
- BLiable for all torts committed in the same year
- CAlways vicariously liable for the contractor's torts
- DNot vicariously liable for the contractor's torts
2.Easy
Which three elements must a claimant usually prove in negligence?
- AContract, breach and loss
- BFault, punishment and apology
- CDuty of care, breach of that duty and damage caused by the breach
- DIntention, motive and harm
3.Easy
The tort of assault is:
- AHolding someone in a room against their will
- BCausing someone to reasonably expect immediate unlawful force
- CActually applying force to someone directly and without their consent
- DInsulting someone in front of others
4.Medium
A driver is in a minor collision, suffers no physical injury, but his chronic fatigue illness becomes permanent. In Page v Smith, he could recover because:
- APsychiatric injury is always recoverable after any road accident, however minor
- BHe had a close tie of love with the other driver
- CHe was a primary victim and personal injury of some kind was foreseeable
- DThe defendant intended to injure him
5.Medium
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:
- ANot liable, if it reasonably chose a competent contractor
- BLiable only if the lift is new
- CLiable for any defect on its premises
- DLiable, because maintenance is non-delegable
6.Medium
Under Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board, a doctor must inform a patient about:
- ANothing, unless the patient asks
- BOnly the risks other doctors would usually mention
- CEvery possible risk, however remote
- DMaterial risks of treatment and reasonable alternatives
7.Hard
A "novus actus interveniens" can:
- ATurn a civil claim into a criminal one when the intervening act is an offence
- BCreate a new duty of care
- CIncrease the damages owed
- DBreak the chain of causation between the defendant's breach and the harm
8.Hard
Under section 3 of the Defamation Act 2013, the honest opinion defence requires that the statement:
- AWas published by a professional journalist
- BWas made with no intention to harm
- CWas an opinion, indicated its basis, and an honest person could have held it on the facts
- DWas a statement of fact, indicated its source, and was shown to be substantially true by the defendant