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Torts: A Practical Learning Approach

Andrew Clarke, John Devereux

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Part A: The tort of negligence -- An overview -- The three main elements -- Negligence and legal practice: Duty of care 1 -- Assessing the relative positions of the plaintiff's and defendant's case -- Breach of duty of care by the defendant -- Work related accidents: employer-employee negligence -- Defences to negligence claims -- Duty of care 2 -- Other basic elements of negligence: causation and remoteness -- Medical negligence -- Liability regarding built structures -- Lawyer negligence -- Revision and assessment. Part B: Torts other than negligence -- An overview -- Intentional interference with land -- Intentional interference with the person -- Nuisance: the complexities of sharing a neighbourhood with others -- Damages -- Breach of statutory duty -- Wrongful birth, life and death -- Case study 1: consent to medical treatment -- Case study 2:psychiatric injury -- Case study 3: economic loss -- Tort reform -- Review.

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Part A: The tort of negligence -- An overview -- The three main elements -- Negligence and legal practice: Duty of care 1 -- Assessing the relative positions of the plaintiff's and defendant's case -- Breach of duty of care by the defendant -- Work related accidents: employer-employee negligence -- Defences to negligence claims -- Duty of care 2 -- Other basic elements of negligence: causation and remoteness -- Medical negligence -- Liability regarding built structures -- Lawyer negligence -- Revision and assessment. Part B: Torts other than negligence -- An overview -- Intentional interference with land -- Intentional interference with the person -- Nuisance: the complexities of sharing a neighbourhood with others -- Damages -- Breach of statutory duty -- Wrongful birth, life and death -- Case study 1: consent to medical treatment -- Case study 2:psychiatric injury -- Case study 3: economic loss -- Tort reform -- Review.

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Part A: The tort of negligence -- An overview -- The three main elements -- Negligence and legal practice: Duty of care 1 -- Assessing the relative positions of the plaintiff's and defendant's case -- Breach of duty of care by the defendant -- Work related accidents: employer-employee negligence -- Defences to negligence claims -- Duty of care 2 -- Other basic elements of negligence: causation and remoteness -- Medical negligence -- Liability regarding built structures -- Lawyer negligence -- Revision and assessment. Part B: Torts other than negligence -- An overview -- Intentional interference with land -- Intentional interference with the person -- Nuisance: the complexities of sharing a neighbourhood with others -- Damages -- Breach of statutory duty -- Wrongful birth, life and death -- Case study 1: consent to medical treatment -- Case study 2:psychiatric injury -- Case study 3: economic loss -- Tort reform -- Review.

Key concepts: Res ipsa loquitur, Contributory negligence, Tort, Causation, Plaintiff, Duty, Medical negligence, Duty of care

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