Question 1

It is a well-established principle of law that a public body will owe an individual a private law duty of care if the negligent exercise of its powers makes an existing situation worse.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Match the case name with the human rights violations found by the European Court of Human Rights.
-Osman v UK

Accepted Answer

A)   Violation of Article 6 (right to a fair trial) 
B)   Violation of Article 3 (right to freedom from inhumane and degrading treatment) 
C)   Violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) 
D)   Violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) 
E)   Violation of Article 2 (the right to life)

Question 3

Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date.
-Capital and Counties plc v Hampshire County Council

Accepted Answer

A)   2008.
B)   1992
C)   2018
D)   2000
E)   2008F)  1995G)  2001.H)  2018.I)    2001J)  1997.K)  2019

Question 4

Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date.
-Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police

Accepted Answer

A)   2007
B)   1991
C)   2017
D)   1999
E)   2008F)  1995G)  2001.H)  2018I)  2001J)  1997K)  2019

Question 5

What is the best explanation of the outcome of D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust [2005]?

Accepted Answer

A)   No duty of care was owed; the House of Lords followed the earlier decision in X v Bedfordshire in which care authorities were found not to owe a duty of care to individuals due to various policy reasons, including the inability to identify exactly who of many personnel involved may have been negligent and the fact that the imposition of a duty would 'cut across the statutory framework' such services operated in.
B)   A duty of care was owed to all of the claimants.
C)   A duty of care was owed to the children but not to their parents.
D)   A duty of care was owed to the parents but not to their children.

Question 6

Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date.
-Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire

Accepted Answer

A)   2006
B)   1990
C)   2016
D)   1998
E)   2008F)  1995G)  2001H)  2018I)  2001.J)  1997K)  2019

Question 7

Match the activity/service with the leading authority or precedent in that area.
-The duty owed in relation to the conduct of fire officers in terms of their response and actions on the scene of fires

Accepted Answer

A)   Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989]
B)   Capital & Counties plc v Hampshire CC [1997]
C)   Kent v Griffiths [2001]
D)   D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust [2005]
E)   Phelps v Hillingdon LBC [2001]F)  Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018]

Question 8

Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date.
-Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police

Accepted Answer

A)   2012
B)   1996
C)   2022
D)   2004
E)   2008F)  1995.G)  2001H)  2018I)  2001.J)  1997K)  2019

Question 9

In which of the following situations would the defendant be considered to be a public body?
Please select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

A)   A doctor in an NHS hospital performs an operation negligently.
B)   A doctor in an expensive private hospital performs an operation negligently.
C)   The police force fail to warn shoppers that a gang of pickpockets is operating in the shopping centre they are shopping in.
D)   A social worker employed by the county council crashes her car after driving carelessly home from work.
E)   Some cooking oil is spilt on the floor in an aisle in Marks and Spencer, but is not cleared up for hours, and someone slips on it.F)  Council dustbin collectors drive their lorry into a parked car.G)  A university groundsman fails to replace a loose paving stone and someone trips over it and injures themselves.H)  A comprehensive school groundsman fails to replace a loose paving stone and a parent dropping their children at school trips over it and injures themselves.I)  A couple's house burns to the ground after their call for a fire engine is not relayed to the fire officers on duty for more than an hour.

Question 10

Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date.
-D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust

Accepted Answer

A)   2005.
B)   1989
C)  2015
D)   1997
E)   2008F)  1995G)    2001H)  2018.I)  2001.J)  1997.K)  2019

Question 11

Match the activity/service with the leading authority or precedent in that area.
-The duty owed to children or their parents in regard to the response of child care and welfare services to claims of abuse and their investigations into such allegations

Accepted Answer

A)   Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989]
B)   Capital & Counties plc v Hampshire CC [1997]
C)   Kent v Griffiths [2001]
D)   D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust [2005]
E)   Phelps v Hillingdon LBC [2001]F)  Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018]

Question 12

Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date.
-Osman v UK

Accepted Answer

A)   2014
B)   1998
C)   2024
D)   2006
E)   2008.F)  1995G)  2001.H)  2018I)  2001J)  1997K)  2019. J

Question 13

Match the activity/service with the leading authority or precedent in that area.
-The duty owed in the conduct of police investigations

Accepted Answer

A)   Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989]
B)   Capital & Counties plc v Hampshire CC [1997]
C)   Kent v Griffiths [2001]
D)   D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust [2005]
E)   Phelps v Hillingdon LBC [2001]F)  Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018] A

Question 14

Match the case name with the human rights violations found by the European Court of Human Rights.
-TP & KM v UK

Accepted Answer

A)   Violation of Article 6 (right to a fair trial) 
B)   Violation of Article 3 (right to freedom from inhumane and degrading treatment) 
C)   Violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) 
D)   Violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) 
E)   Violation of Article 2 (the right to life)  C

Question 15

Match the case name with the human rights violations found by the European Court of Human Rights.
-Z v UK

Accepted Answer

A)   Violation of Article 6 (right to a fair trial) 
B)   Violation of Article 3 (right to freedom from inhumane and degrading treatment) 
C)   Violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) 
D)   Violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) 
E)   Violation of Article 2 (the right to life)

Question 16

All judges agree that there should never be a duty of care in negligence owed by the police to any individuals affected by the way police criminal investigations are carried out.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Match the activity/service with the leading authority or precedent in that area.
-The duty owed in regard to the response or otherwise of the ambulance service to an emergency call

Accepted Answer

A)   Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989]
B)   Capital & Counties plc v Hampshire CC [1997]
C)   Kent v Griffiths [2001]
D)   D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust [2005]
E)   Phelps v Hillingdon LBC [2001]F)  Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018]

Question 18

Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date.
-Kent v Griffiths

Accepted Answer

A)   2013
B)   1997.
C)   2023.
D)   2005
E)   2008F)  1995.G)  2001H)  2018.I)  2001.J)  1997K)  2019.

Question 19

Match the activity/service with the leading authority or precedent in that area.
-The duty owed by educational professionals in terms of the assessments of individuals' special educational needs

Accepted Answer

A)   Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [1989]
B)   Capital & Counties plc v Hampshire CC [1997]
C)   Kent v Griffiths [2001]
D)   D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust [2005]
E)   Phelps v Hillingdon LBC [2001]F)  Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018]

Question 20

Match the case name with the human rights violations found by the European Court of Human Rights.
-None of the cases listed

Accepted Answer

A)   Violation of Article 6 (right to a fair trial) 
B)   Violation of Article 3 (right to freedom from inhumane and degrading treatment) 
C)   Violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) 
D)   Violation of Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) 
E)   Violation of Article 2 (the right to life)

Exam 6: Special Duty Problems: Public Bodies

It is a well-established principle of law that a public body will owe an individual a private law duty of care if the negligent exercise of its powers makes an existing situation worse.

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Match the case name with the human rights violations found by the European Court of Human Rights. -Osman v UK

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Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date. -Capital and Counties plc v Hampshire County Council

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Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date. -Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police

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What is the best explanation of the outcome of D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust [2005]?

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Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date. -Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire

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Match the activity/service with the leading authority or precedent in that area. -The duty owed in relation to the conduct of fire officers in terms of their response and actions on the scene of fires

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Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date. -Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police

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In which of the following situations would the defendant be considered to be a public body? Please select all that apply.

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Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date. -D v East Berkshire Community NHS Trust

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Match the activity/service with the leading authority or precedent in that area. -The duty owed to children or their parents in regard to the response of child care and welfare services to claims of abuse and their investigations into such allegations

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Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date. -Osman v UK

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Match the activity/service with the leading authority or precedent in that area. -The duty owed in the conduct of police investigations

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Match the case name with the human rights violations found by the European Court of Human Rights. -TP & KM v UK

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Match the case name with the human rights violations found by the European Court of Human Rights. -Z v UK

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All judges agree that there should never be a duty of care in negligence owed by the police to any individuals affected by the way police criminal investigations are carried out.

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Match the activity/service with the leading authority or precedent in that area. -The duty owed in regard to the response or otherwise of the ambulance service to an emergency call

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Match For each of the following cases, match the case name to the correct date. -Kent v Griffiths

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Match the activity/service with the leading authority or precedent in that area. -The duty owed by educational professionals in terms of the assessments of individuals' special educational needs

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Match the case name with the human rights violations found by the European Court of Human Rights. -None of the cases listed

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