This course is the second part of Law of Tort and it aims to encourage students to further discover the nature and purpose of tort law its origins, development and limitations through studying legal principles of torts except tort of negligence. It will equip students with the following capabilities in relation to issues in tort law: 

• analytical and problem-solving skills necessary to advise on issues of liability in tort;
• effective written and oral communication skills, which are of a international standard;
• research skills and ignite a passion and motivate to discover knowledge.

Examination: Students' ability to apply the principles of tort law to given situations and resolve problems will be tested.

All these assessments will assess students' ability to describe and explain the main substantive rules of tort law on topics covered in the syllabus. Students will be tested by all three assessment tasks/activities on all the three CILOs. Students' ability to analyse and critically evaluate will be tested by all three assessment tasks/activities to determine their ability to analyse and critically evaluate applicable law and issues raised.

Students' ability to research, analyse and resolve problems and communicate solutions in writing and orally will be tested.

The use of Generative AI tools is not allowed.

Please note for this course assessment tasks are divided into final examination (50%), Assignment (30%) and class participation (20%). The motive of all the tasks used will be to motivate students to develop extensive knowledge base and sharpen their research and communication skills. These assessment tasks are formulated by the instructor to integrate learning as a part of teaching and initiate an informed and guided process to unravel knowledge from the collection of materials and information and own it as 'knowledge through discovery' and critical thinking.

Grading of Student Achievement: Standard (A+, A, A to F). Grading is based on student performance in assessment tasks / activities.

Applicable to students admitted from Semester A 2022/23 to Summer Term 2024

To pass this course, students must obtain an aggregate mark of 50% and a minimum of 50% in written examination and coursework activities i.e. tutorials and compulsory assignment.

Applicable to students admitted before Semester A 2022/23 and in Semester A 2024/25 and thereafter

To pass this course, students must obtain an aggregate mark of 40% and a minimum of 40% in written examination and coursework activities i.e. tutorials and compulsory assignment.

Coursework for this purpose means those ways in which students will be assessed other than the end of session examination. Please note that end-of-course/semester examination would be an open book 2 hours written exam.

It must be noted that the final mark allocated to students will be based on the participation in interactive classroom activities during lectures and tutorials. It is therefore, strongly recommended that students must attend all of the lectures/tutorials and participate in class/tutorial activities that will be a part of a final assessment.

Assessment will be formative to enable students to demonstrate their capacity to understand, analyse and apply rules and principles of tort law. This aim will be assess the instructional method of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) that will be used throughout the semester. It will also be essential to assess summative ability of students to synthesise primary and secondary material with a view to solve novel tort law problems.