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Chapter 8 Multiple choice questions
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Chapter 8 Multiple choice questions
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Which of the following is
not
a type of intervening act?
An act of the claimant
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An act of the defendant
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A natural event
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incorrect
An act of the third party
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incorrect
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Which of the following statements describes the thin skull rule?
It pertains to physical or psychological vulnerability of the claimant
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It pertains to financial vulnerability of the claimant
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It means that the claimant must take the defendant as he finds him
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incorrect
It means that the defendant owes no duty of care to the claimant
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Which of the following cases is the odd one out?
Weiland
v Cyril Lord Carpets
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Knightley v Johns
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incorrect
McKew v Holland
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incorrect
Wright v Lodge
correct
incorrect
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Which of the following is true of the decision in
Home Office v Dorset Yacht?
The chain of causation was broken because the act of the vandals was not very likely to happen
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incorrect
The chain of causation was not broken because the act of the vandals was very likely to happen
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incorrect
The chain of causation was not broken because the act of the vandals was not very likely to happen
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The chain of causation was broken because the act of the vandals was very likely to happen
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incorrect
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The Wagon Mound
(No I) establishes which principle for determination of remoteness?
Direct consequences
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Proximity
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Fair just and reasonable
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Reasonable foreseeabilty of the kind of damage
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The law of causation in negligence has a strong connection to:
The defence of contributory negligence
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Breach of duty
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Duty of care
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Policy
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Which case is the odd one out?
Smith v Leech Brain
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Jolley v Sutton LBC
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incorrect
Tremain v Pike
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incorrect
Hughes v Lord Advocate
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incorrect
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Which of the following is
not
true of
Jolley v Sutton LBC
?
The damage was held to be unforeseeable
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The case concerned the activity of children
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The defendants were occupiers of the land on which the accident occurred
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The damage was held to be within the scope of foreseeability
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Hughes v Lord Advocate
established which principle?
That both the type of the damage as well as the manner in which it occurred must be reasonably foreseeable
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That the extent of the damage must be foreseeable
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That the type of the damage but not the manner in which it occurred must be reasonably foreseeable
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Stansbie v Troman
is a case relevant to causation and to which other legal issue?
Pure economic loss
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Thin skull rule
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Breach of duty
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Duty of care for omissions
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