Law of Tort
Negligence, occupiers' liability, nuisance, trespass, misstatement, vicarious liability, causation and remedies.
How to study the four current units
Prepare each 30-question unit on its own terms, combine rule recall with short workplace application and keep law and guidance current for England and Wales.
Core concepts
Concept 1
Negligence requires a duty, breach, factual and legal causation, recoverable damage and consideration of defences.
Exam cue: Test each element of the tort instead of treating harm as automatic liability.
Concept 2
Property work may engage occupiers' duties, nuisance or trespass as well as professional statements and inspections.
Exam cue: Identify the claimant, defendant, conduct, type of loss and relationship before selecting the cause of action.
Concept 3
The standard of care is applied to the role and circumstances, including professed skill and reasonable verification.
Concept 4
Liability analysis should separate personal fault, organisational responsibility and contribution by others.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Equating an unfortunate outcome with a breach of duty.
Guardrail: Check the current qualification, jurisdiction, document and effective date before relying on a remembered rule.
Ignoring reliance, scope of duty or recoverability in a negligent-statement scenario.
Guardrail: Check the current qualification, jurisdiction, document and effective date before relying on a remembered rule.
Memory anchors
Law of Tort: scope
Negligence, occupiers' liability, nuisance, trespass, misstatement, vicarious liability, causation and remedies.
Law of Tort: focus 1
Negligence requires a duty, breach, factual and legal causation, recoverable damage and consideration of defences.
Law of Tort: focus 2
Property work may engage occupiers' duties, nuisance or trespass as well as professional statements and inspections.
Law of Tort: focus 3
The standard of care is applied to the role and circumstances, including professed skill and reasonable verification.
Law of Tort: focus 4
Liability analysis should separate personal fault, organisational responsibility and contribution by others.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
Next step personalized recommendations
Continue learning
Move forward only after this module is stable.
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