The Law of Torts Made Simple

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Udemy

Gain a detailed understanding of the concepts and strategies associated with the law of torts using examples, and case studies.

Mode

Online

Fees

₹ 1999

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

Course overview

Any instance of harmful behavior, including physical assault on one's individual, interruption with one's belongings, or the utilization and enjoyment of someone's land, business interests, honor, reputation, or privacy, is considered a tort under common law, civil law, and the vast majority of other legal systems that are derived from them. Barrister Tufail Hussain, LLB (Hons. ), LLM, Lead Researcher, Law Tutor & Author, presented The Law of Torts Made Simple certification course, which is offered by Udemy.

The Law of Torts Made Simple online classes comprises are intended for learners who are interested in learning about the law of torts and compensation so that learners will understand its concepts and feel very comfortable analyzing and applying the law of torts to similar problems. The Law of Torts Made Simple online course involves 3.5 hours of lectures along with 22 articles that are explained in the context of examples and case visual representations to help learners better understand how courts apply the law in various situations and how judges think.

The highlights

  • Certificate of completion
  • Self-paced course
  • 3.5 hours of pre-recorded video content
  • 22 articles
  • Learning resources

Program offerings

  • Online course
  • Learning resources
  • 30-day money-back guarantee
  • Unlimited access
  • Accessible on mobile devices and tv

Course and certificate fees

Fees information
₹ 1,999
certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Udemy

What you will learn

Knowledge of law

After completing The Law of Torts Made Simple online certification, learners will be introduced to the basic concepts of law and will acquire a solid understanding of tort law. In this tort law certification, learners will explore the fundamentals associated with Rylands v Fletcher, the consumer protection act, and the common law of negligence as well as will acquire the knowledge of various types of remedies for different damages, in this tort law course, learners will study concepts like product liability, occupier’s liability, employer’s liability, duty of care, standard of care, as well as will acquire the knowledge of the fundamentals involved with concepts involved with defamation, trespassing, private nuisance, negligence, economic loss, psychiatric harm.

The syllabus

Introduction to the Course

  • How to get the most out of this course? [Useful Tips]

Tort: Meaning, Elements & Comparison with 'Crime' and 'Contract'

  • Meaning of Tort
  • Elements of Tort
  • Tort and Crime
  • Tort and Contract

Torts and their 'Actionability'

  • Torts and their 'Actionability'

Maxims of Tort

  • Damnum Sine Injuria & Injuria Sine Damnum
  • Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium & Ex Turpi Causa non Oritur Actio

Aims of the Law of Tort

  • Aims of the Law of Tort

Trespass to the Person

  • Assault
  • Battery
  • Rule in Wilkinson v Downton & False Imprisonment

Trespass to Land

  • Land and Trespass to Land
  • Nature of Interferences
  • Defences & Remedies

Private Nuisance

  • Definition and Unlawful Interference
  • Who Can Sue and Who Can be Sued?
  • Defences
  • Remedies

Rule in Rylands v Fletcher

  • The Rule and its Constituents
  • Defences

Remedies

  • Damages and Their Types
  • Damages for Personal Injury (Pecuniary Losses)
  • Damages for Personal Injury (Non-Pecuniary Losses)
  • Provisional Damages & Periodic Payments
  • Damages where Death is Caused

Tort of Defamation

  • The Tort and its Types
  • Elements of Defamation
  • Defences to the Tort of Defamation

Negligence: The Duty of Care

  • What is Negligence?
  • Elements of the Tort of Negligence
  • What is the Duty of Care and How Does it Arise?
  • Novel Situations (Positive Duty to Act)

Negligence: Breach of the Duty of Care

  • Breach and the Standard of Care
  • What is a Reasonable Person?
  • Special Standards
  • How the Standard of Care is Determined?

Negligence: Causation of Damage

  • ‘But for’ Test
  • Intervening Act
  • Remoteness of Damage

Negligence: Defences to Negligence

  • Volenti Non Fit Injuria
  • Ex Turpi Causa Non Oritur Actio & Exclusion of Liability
  • Contributory Negligence

Negligence: Pure Economic Loss

  • What is Pure Economic Loss?
  • Economic Loss Caused by Damage to the Property of a Third Party
  • Economic Loss Caused Where There is no Physical Damage
  • The Principle in Hedley Byrne v Heller
  • Application of Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977

Negligence: Psychiatric Harm

  • What is Psychiatric Harm?
  • Recoverability of Damages: The Test in Mcloughlin v O’Brian
  • Recoverability of Damages: Alcock v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire
  • Primary Victims Cases
  • Cases of Rescuers

Employer’s Liability

  • Employer’s Liability under the Common Law of Negligence
  • Vicarious Liability
  • Breach of Statutory Duty

Occupier’s Liability: Visitors

  • Objectives of this Section
  • Occupier’s Ordinary Duty
  • Who is a ‘Visitor’?
  • The Common Duty of Care
  • Different Categories of Visitors
  • Warnings
  • Causation, Remoteness of Damage and Defences

Occupier’s Liability: Trespassers

  • Objectives of this Section
  • Who is a ‘Trespasser’?
  • Duty under the 1984 Act
  • Breach of the Duty
  • Warnings
  • Causation, Remoteness of Damage and Defences

Product Liability

  • Objectives of this Section
  • Liability under the Common Law of Negligence
  • Liability under the Consumer Protection Act 1987
  • Defences

Instructors

Mr Barrister Tufail Hussain
Researcher
Freelancer

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