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Tort Law: Ms Sophie Gallop

This document outlines the rules and syllabus for a Tort Law class. It provides instructions for students, including expectations to arrive on time, limits on absences, and policies on late assignments. It explains that students who plagiarize will fail the course. The syllabus lists the topics to be covered across multiple lectures, including intentional torts, negligence, causation, and damages. It emphasizes doing the assigned reading to understand lectures and do well on exams.

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Tort Law: Ms Sophie Gallop

This document outlines the rules and syllabus for a Tort Law class. It provides instructions for students, including expectations to arrive on time, limits on absences, and policies on late assignments. It explains that students who plagiarize will fail the course. The syllabus lists the topics to be covered across multiple lectures, including intentional torts, negligence, causation, and damages. It emphasizes doing the assigned reading to understand lectures and do well on exams.

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TORT LAW

Ms Sophie Gallop
AN INTRODUCTION TO MY CLASS
A few rules for the Class:
 Turn up on time – if you are more than 15
minutes late then, according to University
policy, I won’t let you in. In such cases
you will be recorded as absent from class.
 If you are absent for more than 20% of the
classes then you will fail the course
 Questions are encouraged – put your hand
in the air and I will come to you when it’s
convenient
DEADLINES
 When I set an essay deadline you will have
both a time and a date to hand them in
on. I will give you my email to submit to –
for every day you hand it in late you will
lose 10%. The minute past the deadline I
set will count as a day late.
 In accordance with University Policy if
your work is more than a week late you
will fail and have to repeat the
coursework with a maximum possible
mark of 50%
PLAGIARISM
 I am going to have a very strict policy on
plagiarism
 You must not copy your work from anywhere
online or from any other sources, including
from fellow students
 Additionally you must not allow other
members of your class to copy from you
 If you are found to have either copied work,
or to have allowed someone else to copy
your work then you will fail the class
PLAGIARISM

 If anyone in your class approaches you and


asks to see or copy your work you should
come and talk to me – you will not be
punished for talking to me.
 It is in your interests to come and talk to me,
as it prevents other people from benefitting
from your hard work!
A GENERAL RULE

 In my class if you do the work,


learn the cases and ask
questions you will do well – this
isn’t going to be easy, but it
won’t be too hard.
TORT LAW – AN INTRODUCTION
 Tort Law is the Law of Civil Obligations, as
compared to contractual obligations e.g. Car
accident, legal malpractice or injury at work
 Tort Law is about providing the victim of a
wrongdoing with a remedy
 This is in comparison to criminal law which is
traditionally seen as punishment based
THE PARTIES IN TORT LAW
There are several parties in Tort Law:
 The Claimant – that is the person suing (in
English cases prior to 1999 the claimant was
known as the Plaintiff)
 The Defendant – that is the person being
sued
 The Defendant may also be known as the
Tortfeasor – that is the person who
committed the tort
THE TYPES OF TORT
There are three types of Tort:

1. Tort of Negligence
2. Tort of Strict Liability
3. Intentional Torts
WHAT DO CLAIMANTS SEEK
WHEN SUING?
 In the vast majority of cases the claimant
will seek to win damages against the
defendant to compensate the loss they have
suffered
 In other cases however the claimant may
seek injunctive relief to stop the tortfeasor
from repeating their actions e.g. A Mareva
Injunction which prevents a tortfeasor from
moving money from their account
DAMAGES
If the Claimant is successful they will be
awarded damages. There are several
different kinds of damages:
1. Compensation (for medical expenses, pain,
loss of amenities, loss of pay etc)
2. Aggravated Damages (compensation for
feelings of outrage that the Tort took
place)
4. Exemplary Damages (To punish the Defendant,
rather than to compensate the victim – these
are a very unusual category of damages)
5. Restitutionary Damages (To make the
defendant give up what they gained rather than
what the Claimant lost)
PURPOSES OF TORT LAW
 Deterrence – to stop others from doing the
same thing.
 Appeasement – to stop people from taking
the law into their own hands
 Loss Spreading – to stop the victim from
having to pay for all of the losses suffered
 Corrective Justice – moral principle of
repaying damages
THE ELEMENTS NEEDED FOR A
TORT

1. A Duty
2. A Breach of that Duty
3. Causation
4. Damages
5. (Defences)
THE SYLLABUS
 Lecture 1 – An Introduction to Tort Law
 Lecture 2 – Intentional Torts
 Lecture 3 – Defences to Intentional Torts
 Lecture 4 - Duty of Care (x2)
 Lecture 5 - Standard of Care
 Lecture 4 – Causation
 Lecture 5 – Remoteness and Intervening
Causes
 Lecture 6 – Economic Loss
THE SYLLABUS

 Lecture 7 – Economic Loss Part 2


 Lecture 8 - Omissions, Third Parties and
Public Bodies
 Lecture 9 – Omissions, Third Parties and
Public Bodies Part 2
 Lecture 10 – Defences to Negligence
 Lecture 11 – Contributory Negligence,
Exclusion of Liability and Illegality
THE SYLLABUS

 Lecture 12 – Psychiatric Injury


 Lecture 13 – Psychiatric Injury Part 2
 Lecture 14 - Employer’s Liability: Breach of
Statutory Duty
 Lecture 10 – Occupier’s Liability
 Lecture 11 – Product Liability
 Lecture 12 – Nuisance & Rylands v Fletcher
 Lecture 13 – Defences to Nuisance
THE SYLLABUS
 Lecture 14 - Defamation
 Lecture 15 – Defences to Defamation
 Lecture 16 – Privacy
 Lecture 17 – Vicarious Liability
 Lecture 18 – Damages
 Lecture 19 – Damages Part 2
 Revision Lecture #1
 Revision Lecture #2
THE SYLLABUS
 These lectures are subject to change
depending on how slowly and/or quickly we
manage to get through them
 At the end I am proposing to have two or
three revisions lectures to go through an
example problem question and also to
address any questions you might have
TO FINISH OFF
 From next week I will be setting you reading
– it is up to you to do the reading, I won’t be
checking up, but it will be clear in the exams
who has done the reading and who hasn’t!
 Additionally I would suggest that everyone
goes into the library and reads the
introduction to a tort book for a bit more
background detail. It will really help you
understand future lectures!
TO FINISH #2
 Throughout the lectures I will be
creating a tort map which will
show you how to approach
problem questions – this will be
the blueprint for your exam. Pay
attention to this blueprint
throughout – it will be very
helpful when you come to your
revision and exams.
TO FINISH #3
 Handing out reading

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