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The Paper as Set
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SECTION I
Multiple choice questions
20 questions
1.The main supporter of the theory that "it is a law of Tort" and "not law of Torts" is. (a) Winfield (b) Salmond (c) Fleming (d) Heuston
Answer
The answer is (a) Winfield.
Winfield held that there is a law of tort, that is a general principle of liability: all harm is prima facie tortious unless there is some justification for it, and the courts remain free to recognise new heads of liability as new kinds of harm appear. His definition carries the theory: "Tortious liability arises from the breach of a duty primarily fixed by law; this duty is towards persons generally and its breach is redressible by an action for unliquidated damages."
Why the others are wrong:
- (b) Salmond held the opposite view, that there is only a law of torts. On his pigeon-hole theory the law knows a finite list of nominate torts, and a plaintiff whose harm fits no pigeon-hole has no remedy.
- (c) Fleming and (d) Heuston are writers on the subject, and Heuston in fact edited Salmond and defended the pigeon-hole view. Neither is the originator of the general-principle theory.
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