Commonwealth Common-Law Tort (LLB Academic Unit)

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Syllabus

• NegligenceTopic

  Duty of Care (Caparo three-stage; neighbour principle) · Breach of Duty (reasonable person; risk factors) · Causation (but-for; material contribution; NICA)

• Intentional TortsTopic

  Assault and Battery · False Imprisonment / Trespass to Person · Defamation (libel/slander, defences)

• Strict LiabilityTopic

  Rylands v Fletcher (non-natural use, escape) · Product Liability (Consumer Protection Act 1987; common law) · Abnormally Dangerous Activities

• NuisanceTopic

  Private Nuisance · Public Nuisance

• Vicarious LiabilityTopic

  Employer/Employee relationship · Course of employment; frolic

• Professional Negligence & Negligent MisstatementTopic

  Hedley Byrne special relationship · Solicitors / medical / financial professionals

• DefencesTopic

  Contributory Negligence (Law Reform Act 1945) · Volenti non fit injuria · Ex turpi causa / Assumption of Risk

• Donoghue v Stevenson

  State the neighbour principle in negligence and its origin.

  [1932] AC 562
• Caparo Industries plc v Dickman

  What is the three-stage test for establishing a duty of care in negligence?

  [1990] UKHL 2
• Bolam v Friern Hospital Management Committee

  Explain the Bolam test and how it applies to professional negligence.

  [1957] 1 WLR 582