Law Of Torts - Study Mode
[#616] Which element is not required in the tort of defamation?
Correct Answer
(A) Wrongful intention
[#617] Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer by using the below the Lists: List I List II a. Consent 1. Nichols v. Marsland b. Inevitable Accident 2. Vaughan v. Taff Valde Rail Co. c. Act of God 3. Holmes v. Mather d. Statutory Authority 4. Hall v. Brookland Auto Racing Club
Correct Answer
(B) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
(F) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2
[#618] Which one of the following sets correctly identifies the specific defences available in action for defamation?
Correct Answer
(A) Privilege, truth, fair comment
[#619] "If the plaintiff has a right, he must of necessity have a means to vidicate and maintain it, and a remedy if he is injured in the exercise of enjoyment of it, and indeed it is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy : for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal". The above-mentioned rule was laid down by Chief Justice Holt, in 1703 in
Correct Answer
(B) Ashby v. White case
[#620] Even if the harm to the plaintiff has been caused maliciously no action can lie for the same unless the plaintiff can prove that he has suffered legal injuries. In which one of the following cases was this principle enunciated?
Correct Answer
(A) Bradford Corporation v. Pickles