Year 10 Intro to Torts

Which of these, regarding Torts, is incorrect:

• Civil wrongs done by one party to another

• Torts cause a person to suffer a loss or harm

• Torts are caused by an act or an omission

• Any civil law including negligence and contracts

A claimant in a an action for Tort is called the:

• Defendant

• Accused

• Plaintiff

• Complainer

Torts can be committed by:

• Individuals, companies, governments and minors

• Individual citizens

• Companies, Individuals and governments

• Companies and governments

Some examples of Torts are:

• Negligence, Defamation and False Imprisonment

• False Imprisonment, Negligence and Contracts

• Contracts, Defamation and False Imprisonment

• Negligence, Defamation and Contracts

The 3 elements of Negligence are:

• Duty of Care, Foreseeability, Damage

• Duty of Care, Breach of Duty of Care, Damage

• Breach of Duty of Care, Damage, Responsibility

• Duty of Care, Breach of Duty of Care, Payments

For a Negligence claim to be successful, which elements must be present?

• Duty of Care and Damage

• Breach of Duty of Care and Damage caused by the breach

• Duty of Care, Breach, Damage

• Duty of Care, Breach of Duty of Care, Damage and carelessness

Donoghue v Stevenson is particularly relevant to which element of Negligence?

• Duty of Care

• Breach of Duty of Care

• Damage

• The Neighbour Principle

"Damages" is a reference to:

• Injuries caused by a negligent action

• Damage to property as a result of negligence

• The person who is responsible for a Negligence action

• Payment of compensation in a negligence claim

How does Breach of Duty of Care occur?

• When a company of individual fulfils all of their obligations to their "neighbours"

• When a company or individual fails to do something but no damage is caused

• When a company of individual fails to fulfil their duty of care

• When a company of individual does everything they can to avoid it but damage occurs

An example of a relationship where Duty of Care exists is:

• A lawyer giving advice to a client about a divorce settlement

• A doctor giving advice about vaccinations

• A hairdresser giving advice about relationships

• A dentist giving advice about fillings