WEEK 12 Quiz

1) Mary slips over on a slight 4mm undulation while walking up a path to a

museum injuring herself
a. Torts on Precautions

2) Rex is a cyclone chaser and travels to far North Queensland during a cyclone
to take photographs and is injured when a piece of roofing flies off the roof of
the supermarket in the 220km per hour winds.
a. Torts on employer’s duty to provide safe system of work and vicarious
liability of employer

3) Healthy Snacks Pty Ltd has a label on a baby product which states that it is a
healthy alternative to fruit. In fact the sugar content is over 40% and is
considered highly unhealthy by medical authorities.
a. Torts duty of care to consumers
b. Sec 18 of ACL – Misleading or Deceptive Conduct as to Advertising
c. Sec 33 of ACL – misleading conduct as to nature of goods

4) Jasmin asks a saleswoman for a top that has no wool in it as she suffers from
rashes. She buys the item recommended by the saleswoman but then suffers
rashes as it is made from 15% wool.

5) A completely false article in a Women’s magazine about an actress hurts her

reputation causing her to miss out on acting roles.

6) Buddy buys a can of pet food for his dog, the dog becomes sick as the food is
contaminated.

7) A warning sign at the entrance for a horse riding company says “we will not be
liable for any injury or death caused whilst participating in our horse riding
activities” John is injured after a horse bolts and wants to sue.

8) Margaret buys an iron with an automatic cut out switch. She does not turn
the iron off and the cut out switch fails. Her house is burnt to the ground.

9) Bob an accountant and a director with Wisdom Financial Pty Ltd has a clause
in his contract which states that “If he leaves the employment he is not to work
for any competitor within 40km”

10)Jonny signs a lease to exhibit art at a hall for 4 weeks. The hall is destroyed
by fire a week before the first exhibition. The landlord wants to sue for the
rental payments.

11)Arthur is visiting a wildlife park that exhibits poisonous snakes. He leans into
the pit and is bitten in spite of warnings and a notice saying the wildlife park
will not be liable for any injury.
12) Ged buys a leaf blower that says it is super powerful but when Ged uses it
only blows about 10 leaves at a time.

13) Jenny is a scientist who has a clause in her contract that says she will not
work for anyone for 6 months in “any capacity”