II. Chapter one.
NEGLIGENCE
UNIT ONE
/What is Negligence. The cause of action. The duty of care. Negligent statements Particular aspect of a duty of care and physical injury. Rescuers. Policy considerations’. /
1. Text p. 7
2. Questions and exercises to the text p. 11
3. Cases p. 14
4. Revision and practice section page p. 14
UNIT TWO
/ Nervous shock. The breach of duty. The reasonable man. Reasonable care. Primary victims. Secondary victims. /
1. Text p. 14
2. Questions and exercises to the text p. 17
3. Cases p. 20
4. Revision and practice section p. 21
UNIT THREE
/Proof of breach. The causal link. Foreseeability of harm and remoteness of damage. Defences to negligence: contributory negligence defence, volenti поп fit injuria defence, exclusion of liability defence. Recovery for negligence /
1. Text p. 20
2. Questions and exercises to the text p. 24
3. Cases p.29
4. Revision and practice section p.31
III. Chapter two
NUISANCE
UNIT ONE
/Private nuisance. Proof of damage. Other relevant factors/
1. Text p. 31
2. Questions and exercises to the text p. 33
3. Cases p. 36
4. Revision and practice section p. 37
UNIT TWO
/The claimant. The defendant. Defences: Consent of the claimant. Prescription. Statutory authority /
1. Text p. 38
2. Questions and exercises to the text p. 41
3. Cases p.43
4. Revision and practice section p. 44
UNIT THREE
/Public nuisance. Public nuisance in relation to highways. Damage. The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher. Defences. /
1. Text p.44
2. Questions and exercises to the text p. 47
3. Cases p.51
4. Revision and practice section p. 52
IV. Chapter three
SPECIFIC INTENT TORTS
UNIT ONE
/Trespass to the person. Assault. Battery . Confinement or false imprisonment. Defenses to confinement
1. Text p. 52
2. Questions and exercises to the text p. 56
3. Cases p.56
4. Revision and practice section p. 60
UNIT TWO
/Trespass to land. Trespass ‘ab initio’. Justification for entry. “Who may sue and be sued. Remedies for trespass to land. Damages: An action of ejectment. Injunction. Ejection. Dispossession. Re-entry on land./
1. Text p. 61
2. Questions and exercises to the text p. 63
3. Cases p.66
4. Revision and practice section p. 67
UNIT THREE
/Trespass to goods Court’s powers. Damages. “Jus tertii” Co-ownership and defence. Ways to commit conversion /
1. Text p. 67
2. Questions and exercises to the text p. 69
3. Cases p.71
4. Revision and practice section p. 74
CHAPTER FOUR
PROTECTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY IN PRIVATE LAW
UNIT ONE
/ Defamation. Libel. Slander. Proof of defamation. Defamatory statement. Repetition and dissemination. Reference to the client. Defamation by publication. Husbands and wives relations/
1. Text p. 72
2. Questions and exercises to the text p.75
3. Cases p.77
4. Revision and practice section p. 79
UNIT TWO
Deceit
/Fraudulent misrepresentation (or deceit). Malicious falsehood. Slander of title. Slander of goods. Slander of business. /
1. Text p. 79
2. Questions and exercises to the text p. 80
3. Cases p.82
4. Revision and practice section p. 83
CHAPTER FIVE