Tort Law

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

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

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

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

Claims for pure economic loss arising from negligent acts and misstatements

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

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

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

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

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