LAW5003: Principles of Torts notes with FULL exam script for each topic

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Very detailed and exam-ready notes with: Sentence starters for each topic A quick issue-spotting guide at the end Key phrases and words to look out for in problem questions Topics Covered: Trespass to the Person • Battery • Assault • False Imprisonment • Fault, Directness, and Consent • Remedies: Nominal, Compensatory, Aggravated, Exemplary Land Torts • Trespass to Land • Private Nuisance • Elements and Comparisons • Interference, Fault, and Standing • Nuisance Factors: Locality, Duration, Malice Defences to Trespass and Nuisance • Consent, Necessity, and Lawful Authority • Remedies across Trespass and Nuisance • Injunctions and Abatement Negligence – Duty of Care • Established Duty Categories • Novel Duty Analysis • Reasonable Foreseeability • Salient Features (Control, Vulnerability, Proximity) • Psychiatric Harm (Pure vs Consequential) • WA Wrongs Act ss 72–75 • s 72(2) Factors (Normal Fortitude) • Salient Features for PMH Negligence – Breach of Duty • Standard of Care (Objective Test) • Calculus of Negligence • Statutory Factors – s 48 Wrongs Act Negligence – Causation • Factual Causation (‘But For’ Test – s 51(1)(a)) • Legal Causation (Scope, Novus Actus) • Remoteness (Wagon Mound No. 1, Eggshell Rule) Defences to Negligence • Contributory Negligence (s 62, Calculus, Causation) • Voluntary Assumption of Risk (s 54, Imbree, Joyce) • Obvious Risks (s 53) • Other Defences: Illegality, Good Samaritans, Volunteers Damages, Multiple Tortfeasors & Vicarious Liability • Types of Damages (Pecuniary & Non-Pecuniary) • Significant Injury Threshold (s 28LE) • Vicarious Liability (Employment, Scope) • Multiple Tortfeasors, Contribution & Apportionment