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Exeter LLB Law ยท Year 1

Exeter Tort Law

Tort Law is a Year 1 module on the University of Exeter LLB Law. Civil wrongs and the compensation that follows them โ€” above all the tort of negligence, but also nuisance, defamation and the rules on who bears the loss.

What Tort Law covers

  • Negligence โ€” duty, breach and causation
  • Pure economic and psychiatric loss
  • Occupiers' liability
  • Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher
  • Defamation
  • Vicarious liability
  • Defences and the assessment of damages

How to revise Tort Law at Exeter

Start from the leading cases โ€” every tort law answer turns on them. Brief each one (facts, issue, held, ratio), then practise applying it to past-paper questions under timed conditions. Our Tort Law topic hub collects the canonical cases and how they fit together. When you write a practice answer, run it through Quill for exam-grade feedback grounded in the case law, and cite everything with the free OSCOLA generator.

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