✅ HD APPROVED - TORTS EXAM NOTES (Updated for 2022)

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These are the notes I used to score a high HD (87%) for Torts in T3 2021. They have everything you need and are particularly in depth for the topic of Negligence (80% of the course content). I'm confident that with these notes, you'll do as well as I did in this subject. Topics Covered (SEE TABLE OF CONTENTS IN SAMPLE FOR FULL TOPIC LIST) 1. INTRODUCTION, DAMAGES & COMPENSATION SCHEMES >DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY >COMPENSATORY DAMAGES >TYPES/HEADS OF COMPENSATORY DAMAGES A) ECONOMIC LOSS B) NON-ECONOMIC LOSS >LOSS OF AMENITIES/ENJOYMENT OF LIFE >AGGRAVATED AND EXEMPLARY DAMAGES >VICARIOUS LIABILITY 2. NEGLIGENCE: DUTY OF CARE >DUTY OF CARE 1) Factual duty question: ‘Reasonable foreseeability’ 2) Legal or ‘notional’ duty question >SPECIAL KINDS OF DUTIES AND LIABILITIES 3. NEGLIGENCE: BREACH OF DUTY OF CARE >BREACH OF DUTY >STATUTORY PROVISIONS AFFECTING DETERMINATION OF BREACH >S 48 CALCULUS OF NEGLIGENCE >STANDARD OF CARE >SPECIFIC STANDARDS 4. NEGLIGENCE: CAUSATION AND MULTIPLE TORTFEASORS >CAUSATION >BUT FOR TEST >NOVUS ACTUS INTERVENIENS >MULTIPLE TORTFEASORS 5. NEGLIGENCE: REMOTENESS OF DAMAGE >WAGON MOUND CASES >EGG SHELL SKULL RULE 6. SPECIAL DUTY SITUATIONS: OMISSIONS & PURE MENTAL HARM >OMISSIONS >LIABILITY FOR PURE MENTAL HARM 7. DEFENCES TO NEGLIGENCE >CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE >VOLUNTARY ASSUMPTION OF RISK >EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY/ NOTICE 8. PRIVATE NUISANCE >ELEMENTS >DEFENCES 9. BREACH OF STATUTORY DUTY >ELEMENTS >DEFENCES