1. Introduction.
2. Liability for intentional harm and for harm resulting from intentional conduct (overview).
3. Negligence.
4. Causation and remoteness of damage.
5. Remedies, especially damages for personal injury and death, and with reference to the effect of benefits under concurrent systems of alleviation.
6. Death in relation to tort.
7. Defences (consent; illegality; disclaimers; contributory negligence) including justifications for trespasses and defamation, but NOT including the details of the law of limitation or time-bar.
8. Vicarious liability and ‘non-delegable duties’. Employers’ liability.
9. Joint and several liability, and contribution between tortfeasors.
10. Occupiers’ liability.
11. Liability for defective products.
12. Tortious liability for criminal acts (including misfeasance in public office and public nuisance) and tortious liability for breach of statutory duty.
13. Private nuisance, trespass to land and liability under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher.
14. Trespass to the person, including false imprisonment and related matters.
15. Liability for animals.
16. Defamation and privacy. Malicious falsehood and deceit.
17. Aims and adequacy of the law of tort.

Outline knowledge of the following topics is expected, but detailed knowledge of them is not required: the calculation of the measure of damages; the Defective Premises Act 1972; claims against public bodies under the Human Rights Act; police powers of arrest and search; the Crown Proceedings Act 1947.

The following topics are NOT included in the syllabus: passing-off and other forms of unfair competition; intentional economic torts; conversion and trespass to chattels; abuse of legal process and malicious prosecution; the procedural aspects of tort claims.