Torts Connected to Land | OCR A-Level Law (H418)

Torts Connected to Land

48 questions
2 subtopics
Component 2: Law making and the law of tort
Component 2

The two torts protecting the use and enjoyment of land..

It covers private nuisance and rylands v Fletcher.

Sample questions from Torts Connected to Land

Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.

Private nuisance

What does it mean for an occupier to adopt a nuisance?

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Adopting a nuisance means making use of something that constitutes a nuisance, even if the occupier did not originally create it.
Private nuisance

How might a nuisance consist of physical damage to land?

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A nuisance may involve actual physical harm to the land itself, such as damage caused by flooding, tree roots, or encroaching structures.
Rylands v Fletcher

What does 'non-natural use of land' mean as a requirement for Rylands v Fletcher?

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The use of land must be extraordinary or unusual, not ordinary domestic use.
Rylands v Fletcher

What is the default of the claimant defence in Rylands v Fletcher?

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If the escape was caused wholly or partly by the claimant's own fault, this may provide a defence or reduce damages.

The 2 subtopics

One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.

Subtopic	What it covers	Questions
Private nuisance	Recall questions on private nuisance: who can sue after Hunter v Canary Wharf and who can be sued, the types of nuisance, the factors deciding unreasonable interference such as locality, sensitivity, duration and malice, the defences and non-defences to nuisance, and damages, abatement and injunctions as nuisance remedies.	32
Rylands v Fletcher	Recall questions on the rule in Rylands v Fletcher: bringing something onto land, likelihood of mischief, non-natural use after Transco, escape and Read v Lyons, foreseeability in Cambridge Water, the defences of statutory authority, consent, default of the claimant, common benefit, act of God and act of a stranger, and Shelfer on damages in lieu of an injunction.	16

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How the guide is worked

Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.

Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.

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