Scheme of work: Tort This scheme of work suggests how to deliver the Tort section of our AS and A-level Law specifications (7161, 7162). 3.3 Tort Week Topic and content skills Activities and resources 1 Negligence injury and damage to Identify the tests for imposing a Consider the question of what – property: duty of care. activities might be discouraged by the imposition of a duty of care the principle and Explain the stages of the ‘neighbour’ (sporting events or theatre the Caparo three-part test Caparo test. productions). theory of tort law public Analyse public policy factors – Think of everyday examples of when policy factors governing the involved in imposing a duty of care. a duty of care exists. imposition of a duty of care. Get students to this. (AS does not require a consideration of the theory of tort law) 2 Negligence injury and damage to Explain the nature of the objective Be careful to note what the objective – property: standard of care. standard means when judging the behaviour of the defendant. breach of duty the objective Identify risk factors governing the – standard of care behaviour of the reasonable Draw up a table of the different person. factors governing breach and theory of tort law factors – illustrate each with case examples governing the objective Analyse the factors setting the and real life examples. standard of care. standard of care. (AS does not require a consideration of the theory of tort law) 3 Negligence injury and damage to Identify the test for causation in Consider scenarios where damage – property: fact. need not be wholly reasonably foreseeable.
Scheme of work: Tort This scheme of work suggests how to deliver the Tort section of our AS and A-level Law specifications (7161, 7162). 3.3 Tort Week Topic and content skills Activities and resources 1 Negligence – injury and damage to property: the ‘neighbour’ principle and the Caparo three-part test theory of tort law – public policy factors governing the imposition of a duty of care. Identify the tests for imposing a duty of care. Explain the stages of the Caparo test. Analyse public policy factors involved in imposing a duty of care. Get students to this. Consider the question of what activities might be discouraged by the imposition of a duty of care (sporting events or theatre productions). Think of everyday examples of when a duty of care exists. (AS does not require a consideration of the theory of tort law) 2 Negligence – injury and damage to property: breach of duty – the objective standard of care theory of tort law – factors governing the objective standard of care. Explain the nature of the objective standard of care. Identify risk factors governing the behaviour of the reasonable person. Analyse the factors setting the standard of care. Be careful to note what the objective standard means when judging the behaviour of the defendant. Draw up a table of the different factors governing breach and illustrate each with case examples and real life examples. (AS does not require a consideration of the theory of tort law) 3 Negligence – injury and damage to property: Identify the test for causation in fact. Consider scenarios where damage need not be wholly reasonably foreseeable.