1.  Facts - A establishes a coaching class and charges ₹5,000 per year as fees. A's neighbour B establishes another coaching class thereby creating a compensation; this forces A to reduce his fees to ₹3000 per year.
Question - Can A claim damages from B for the loss caused to him?

• Yes, he can as B has violated his legal right.

• No, A has reduced the fees on his own.

• No, because though there was damage there was no legal injury

• No, because though there was damage there was no legal injury

• the liability was solely of Y as X was not accompanying him

• as Y was driving under X's care and authority, X is liable

• X is not liable under the principle of inevitable accidents

• X is not liable under the principle of inevitable accidents

• Ram is liable to compensate the child's family for his careless act

•  Ram is not liable to anything as such things keep happening

•  Ram is not in a position to compensate as he is poor

•  Ram is not in a position to compensate as he is poor

• Veeranna was not liable since his use of land was lawful

•  Veeranna's farm being at a reasonable distance from the railway track, he cannot be held liable for the high winds

• Veeranna should have anticipated the possibility and hence he is liable for contributory negligence

•  He would loss, because he voluntarily exposed herself to risks

• The driver would lose, because he drove without proper headlights

• He would loss because he violated the traffic rules in the first instance

 In most cases, a threat of violence made over the telephone cannot constitute an assault. Which of the following most accurately explains why not?

• Because the defendant must be in the same place as the plaintiff for there to be an assault

• Because the plaintiff would have no reason to suppose that the defendant would follow through with the threat

•  Because the violent contact threatened by the defendant would not be imminent

•  Because the violent contact threatened by the defendant would not be imminent

 Andrew playfully locks Brianna in a closet for 15 minutes. Unknown to Brianna, the closet had a secret door at the back, which would have opened if she had simply pushed on it. Which of the following most accurately states the likely outcome if Brianna sues Andrew alleging false imprisonment?

• Brianna’s action will fail because she did not try to find out whether there was a way out of the closet

• Brianna’s action will succeed because there was no reasonable means of escape from the closet, as the presence of the secret door was not apparent

• Brianna’s action will succeed because there was no means of escape from the closet

• Brianna’s action will succeed because there was no means of escape from the closet

Andrew playfully locks Brianna in a closet for 15 minutes. Unknown to Brianna, the closet had a secret door at the back, which would have opened if she had simply pushed on it. Which of the following most accurately states the likely outcome if Brianna sues Andrew alleging false imprisonment?

•  Brianna’s action will succeed because there was no reasonable means of escape from the closet, as the presence of the secret door was not apparent.

•  Brianna’s action will succeed because there was no means of escape from the closet

•  Brianna’s action will fail because she did not try to find out whether there was a way out of the closet

•  Brianna’s action will fail because she did not try to find out whether there was a way out of the closet

 Alan is being threatened by a crowd of armed vigilantes outside his house. Brian, a police officer, arrives with the intention of breaking up the ugly scene. Brian breaks out of the mob and moves towards Alan, who is standing on the porch of his house. Alan believes that Brian is part of the angry mob, so he shoots Brian in the shoulder. Brian sues Alan, alleging battery. Which of the following most accurately describes the position in relation to Alan’s defense of self-defense?

• The defense of self-defense will succeed because Alan had a genuine but mistaken belief that Brian was about to cause him harm

• The defense of self-defense will fail because no reasonable person would have made the mistake that Alan did

• The defense of self-defense will succeed because Alan is entitled to shoot first and ask questions later

• The defense of self-defense will succeed because Alan is entitled to shoot first and ask questions later

The tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress is a more recent development than the traditional torts of trespass to the person. To which of those torts is it most closely related?

•  Battery

•  Assault

• False imprisonment

• False imprisonment