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Tort Law SQE1 FLK1 Study Guide

Negligence, vicarious liability, and other torts. Ten chapters cover negligence in depth (duty, breach, causation, remoteness and defences), then pure economic loss, vicarious liability, occupiers’ liability, product liability, private and public nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher, with each authority cited where the SRA expects it.

Chapters
10
Worked MCQs
300
Flashcards
400
Formats
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Includes the January 2027 SRA update

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Inside the book

All 10 chapters of the Tort Law SQE1 notes

The book follows the SRA’s FLK1 specification for Tort Law chapter by chapter. Chapter 1 is free to read in the sample.

  1. 01

    Duty of Care

    Establishing a duty of care — the neighbour principle, Caparo test, and situations where duty arises or is excluded

    30 worked questions · 40 flashcards

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  2. 02

    Breach of Duty

    The standard of care, the Bolam test for professionals, and factors in assessing breach

    30 worked questions · 40 flashcards

  3. 03

    Causation

    Factual and legal causation, single and multiple causes, intervening acts, and the eggshell skull rule

    30 worked questions · 42 flashcards

  4. 04

    Remoteness and Damage

    Types of recoverable damage, remedies for personal injury and death, and psychiatric harm

    30 worked questions · 40 flashcards

  5. 05

    Pure Economic Loss

    Claims for pure economic loss arising from negligent acts and misstatements

    30 worked questions · 40 flashcards

  6. 06

    Employers' and Vicarious Liability

    Employers' primary liability, vicarious liability, course of employment, and non-delegable duties

    30 worked questions · 37 flashcards

  7. 07

    Defences

    Volenti non fit injuria, contributory negligence, illegality, and exclusion of liability

    30 worked questions · 40 flashcards

  8. 08

    Occupiers' Liability

    OLA 1957 (visitors), OLA 1984 (non-visitors), defences, and exclusion of liability

    30 worked questions · 41 flashcards

  9. 09

    Product Liability

    Principles of product liability in negligence and under the Consumer Protection Act 1987

    30 worked questions · 40 flashcards

  10. 10

    Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher

    Public and private nuisance, the rule in Rylands v Fletcher, remedies and defences

    30 worked questions · 40 flashcards

Every chapter also has a free page on this site with sample questions: SQE1 Tort Law topics and free questions →

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Pages from the Tort Law guide

Rendered from the free sample at print size. Chapter 1 in full and five worked questions are free to download.

  • Opening page of Chapter 1, Duty of Care, in the Tort Law SQE1 study guide, with the estimated study time, difficulty and the list of what the chapter covers
    The first page of a chapter: study time, difficulty and what you will be able to explain by the end.
  • A notes page from Chapter 1 of the Tort Law study guide with a examiner tip box set inside the text
    Statute extracts, examiner tips and warnings are set out in boxes inside the notes.
  • A worked single-best-answer question from Chapter 1 of the Tort Law study guide, with the correct answer and an explanation of each option
    Every worked question ends with the correct answer and why each of the other options fails.
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What you get

Everything in the Tort Law guide

  • 10 chapters of notes: negligence (duty, breach, causation, remoteness), pure economic loss, defences, vicarious liability, occupiers’ liability, product liability, private and public nuisance, Rylands v Fletcher
  • 300 worked SBA questions with full explanations citing Donoghue v Stevenson, Caparo, Robinson and the authorities that follow them
  • 400 flashcards organised by chapter for spaced repetition
  • Case glossary, plus an alphabetical index
  • Print-ready PDF and EPUB (Kindle via Send to Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo) included

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10 chapters of plain-English SQE1 FLK1 notes covering the whole Tort Law specification, 300 worked single-best-answer questions with an explanation of every option, and 400 flashcards. The PDF runs to about 764 pages.

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