Tort Law
A year-long course covering:
- Introduction to tort law
- Aims and theories of tort law
- Structure of tort law
- Vicarious liability
- Relationships between torts
- Negligence
- Shifting the burden of proof and evidentiary harm
- Liability of public tortfeasors
- Breach of statutory duty
- Occupiers’ liability
- Medical negligence, battery, and informed consent
- Products liability
- Defamation
- Road accidents
- Causation, remoteness of damage, and joint tortfeasors
