SQE1 Tort Practice Questions

Tort is 14–20% of FLK1 and sits in session 2 from January 2027. Practise original questions on negligence, defences, occupiers’ and product liability, and nuisance, with each answer explained.

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170 five-option questions in two timed sessions of 85 (2 hours 33 minutes each), in the January 2027 FLK1 format, with a score by subject and an explanation for every answer.

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  • 46 original tort questions with explanations
  • FLK1, session 2
  • SRA blueprint: 14–20% of FLK1
Free sample · Question 1 of 3FLK1 · Tort

Contractors working for Danbury Gas Ltd left a lit camping stove unattended beside an open trench on a pavement overnight, with no barrier. Ivo, aged 9, knocked the stove into the trench while playing. Unexpectedly, gas leaking from a pipe in the trench ignited in a sudden flash fire, which experts say could not have been predicted. Ivo was badly burned. Danbury argues that the damage was too remote because the flash fire was unforeseeable. Which of the following best describes the position?

What our tort questions cover

  • Duty of care, breach (general and professional standards), causation and remoteness
  • Pure economic loss, negligent misstatement and psychiatric harm
  • Employers’ primary liability and vicarious liability
  • Defences: consent (volenti non fit injuria), contributory negligence and illegality
  • Occupiers’ Liability Acts 1957 and 1984, defences and exclusion of liability
  • Product liability in negligence and under the Consumer Protection Act 1987
  • Private and public nuisance, the rule in Rylands v Fletcher, damages and injunctions
Line drawing of a wet-floor sign beside a shop entrance in the rain, a fallen shopping bag with spilled apples and an ambulance in the street

This list is our own summary of the subject, written for practice. The SRA publishes the full Functioning Legal Knowledge list for FLK1 in the SQE1 Assessment Specification.

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Take the full timed FLK1 mock exam

170 five-option questions in two timed sessions of 85 (2 hours 33 minutes each), in the January 2027 FLK1 format, with a score by subject and an explanation for every answer.

Or try the free tort drill

Rules the questions test most

  1. A professional is judged against the standard of a reasonably competent member of that profession; acting in line with a responsible body of professional opinion is not negligent (Bolam), unless that opinion cannot withstand logical analysis.
  2. Causation starts with the but-for test: the claimant must show that, but for the defendant’s breach, the harm would not have occurred.
  3. Contributory negligence reduces damages by the share the court thinks just and equitable; it is not a complete defence.
  4. Under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 an occupier owes all lawful visitors the common duty of care. Trespassers are protected only under the 1984 Act and only for personal injury.
  5. An employer is vicariously liable for a tort committed by an employee where the tort is so closely connected with the employment that liability is fair and just.
  6. A claim in private nuisance needs an interest in the affected land; damages for personal injury cannot be recovered in private nuisance.

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Common questions

How much of FLK1 is tort?

The SRA blueprint gives Tort 14–20% of FLK1, about 24 to 34 of the paper’s 170 questions, in session 2 from January 2027.

Is Rylands v Fletcher on SQE1?

Yes. The SRA lists the rule in Rylands v Fletcher with public and private nuisance, and it is one of the case names the SRA expects you to know because it names the rule.

Take the full timed FLK1 mock exam

170 five-option questions in two timed sessions of 85 (2 hours 33 minutes each), in the January 2027 FLK1 format, with a score by subject and an explanation for every answer.

Or try the free tort drill

More SQE1 subjects

Subjects, blueprint and format: SRA: SQE1 Assessment Specification (from 1 September 2026) · SRA: SQE1 Functioning Legal Knowledge blueprint (Annex 4) · SRA blog: Understanding SQE1 (24 September 2026), checked November 2026.

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