The most authoritative High Court decisions on tort law in WA are to be found in hard copy in the:Western Australian Law Reports b.Commonwealth Law...

The most authoritative High Court decisions on tort law in WA are to be found in hard copy in the:

a.Western Australian Law Reports

b.Commonwealth Law Reports

c.Australian Torts Reports

d.Australian Law Reports

To succeed in an action for the tort of negligence, the requirement which must be fulfilled before any others is:

a.a duty of care was owed by the person doing the damage to the person suffering it

b.a duty of care was breached

c.the negligent act caused the damage

d.the person doing the damage broke the law

In a tort action the court never decides that the defendant must:

a.do or not do something under an injunction

b.pay compensatory damages

c.go to jail

d.pay aggravated damages

Only one of the following cases was not decided primarily under the law of torts: 

a.Donoghue v Stevenson

b.Sullivan v Moody

c.Jaensch v Coffey

d.Barker v R

This term would apply in an action for tort:

a.sued

b.prosecuted

c.convicted

d.guilty

The person taking an action for tort is known as the:

a.plaintiff

b.defendant

c.district attorney

d.respondent

Only one of the following cases involved tort law:

a.Chapman v Hearse

b.DPP v Briggs

c.State of Western Australia v Rayney

d.R v Ireland

If you have suffered property damage, physical injury or economic loss, somebody else can be blamed for it under tort law and required to pay you money:

a.always

b.rarely

c.never

d.almost always

In an action in tort law the court never decides that the defendant:

a.must do or not do something under an injunction

b.is guilty of an offence

c.must pay aggravated damages

d.must pay compensatory damages

If an act which was covered by the tort of negligence took place in WA in 2001 (and proceedings were issued in due time), the courts would look first to this source of law:

a.WA case-law

b.the Australian Constitution

c.the Civil Liability Act 2002 as amended (WA)

d.the Defamation Act 2005 as amended (WA)

In the report of the initial appeal against the decision of a lower court, the name appearing first in the case-name is always that of:

a.the judge in the lower court

b.the plaintiff

c.the defendant

d.one of the appellants

The tort of negligence offers you the most appropriate legal action against one of the following persons who respectively:

a.injured you in your house next to the road when his car left the road and crashed through your front wall.

b.crossed your land repeatedly without your permission

c.made incorrect and rude statements about you to other people 

d.punched and broke your nose during a brawl outside a night-club

This term would apply in relation to an act which could lead to liability for an action in tort:

a.tortoise

b.tortious

c.tortous

d.tortuous