Tort Law Quiz

A ........is usually settled by a civil suit.

• Tort

• Claimants

• Permission

In the UK the majority of cases are base on the tort of……...

• negligence

• nuisance

• claimants

Trespass to land means to go onto someone's land without that person's …………………

• permission

• objections

• claimants

His conduct might give me the right to take action against him on the ……………………. of nuisance.

• grounds

• factory

• objects

The person in a court of law who has been accused of doing something illegal

• Defendant

• Claimant

• Tort

……………….. who might not be successful in an action for trespass to land often use this tort as a basis for legal action.

• Claimants

• Nuisance

• Permission

The court case will do serious ........ to my business

• harm

• committed

• grounds

Employers have a legal ................... for the health, safety and welfare of their staff.

• duty of care

• enforce

• claimant

An omission is a failure to do what a reasonable person would do ……….. the same circumstances.

• on

• under

• upon

In the UK the majority of cases are based………………. the tort of ........................

• upon/negligence

• upon/tort

• under/negligence