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This comprehensive note details how the standard of care and breach of duty are dealt with in tort. Key cases are summarised in note form. Each aspect of the Caparo test is mentioned and broken down. OVER 20 cases are included in this note alongside explanations, summaries and key notes to save another student from reading lengthy judgments. Critiques of the law are mentioned as well, so this is helpful for both essay and problem questions.

OVER 50 TORT CASES are listed along with digestible and helpful summaries of each. A must-have for exam prep or to refer to when writing an essay.

This note provides a helpful synopsis of psychiatric injuries and the cases relating to it in the tortious context. The definition of psychiatric injury is evaluated as is the distinction between primary and secondary victims of psychiatric injury, proximity and events witnessed through a different medium. This summary goes OVER 16 relevant cases.

This note details the offences of battery, assault, actual bodily harm (ABH) and grievous bodily harm (GBH). The note contains a useful summary and grid of each offence, its relevant statutory reference, mode of trial and applicable sentencing. The definition of each offence is detailed in the note with key cases and descriptions of each to make it easily digestible and a good summary for revision. Parts of the note also deal with critiques of the law and how it ought to be improved going forwar...

This is a very brief account of the loss of control defence which replaces the law on provocation. The note goes through Coroners and Justice Act 2009 and R v Clinton and R v McDonald which is a more recent case.

This note goes through, in detail, the offence of manslaughter. This covers constructive manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, and voluntary manslaughter and how this is distinct from murder. The note uses cases to substantiate each point and goes through each in enough detail for the student to use on an exam, but not so in-depth that it takes a long time to get a firm understanding of it. At the end of the note is a useful summary of each offence and an example of each which is easy to remem...

This comprehensive note breaks down the separate offences into their constituent parts with supporting cases and explanations. Each case is summarised into a few sentences to make it easily digestible and repeatable on the exam. The note goes into the actus reus and mens rea requirements of each and uses cases to support each section. The general issues with these offences (as journalists would point out) are also highlighted and quoted where relevant to help provide a thorough and well-rounded...

This comprehensive note goes through robbery and burglary with reference to their corresponding statutory definitions. It details the difference between section 9(1)(a) of the Theft Act 1968 and section 9(1)(b) and uses cases to illustrate the differences in a practical way. The definitions are broken down piece by piece and supported with case examples. This comprehensive note also includes PRACTICE QUESTIONS to apply knowledge in a helpful way for the exam. All cases are quoted with supporting...

This note comprehensively evaluates and summarises in a bite-size document the difference between factual and legal causation in the civil liability context. 'But for' causation is considered and noted as well as relevant cases. Each case has a summary with the facts and the key concepts. The complex area of 'loss of chance' is detailed as well as all the landmark cases. Intervening acts and multiple sufficient causes are mentioned in the case summaries. Over 24 CASES are included.

This note examines the duty of care in relation to tortious matter and if/when a duty is owed. Key cases are analysed with necessary summaries of information and key concepts to glean. Assumption of responsibility, liability for acts of third parties, failure to abate a known danger and omissions are all captured. This is a necessity for exam prep.