HD LAWS1012 / LAWS5001 Tort Law: Summaries, Scaffolds, Exam Notes

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Each page takes you from the facts in the question to the rule you apply, the authority with pinpoint, and the words to write. It covers the second half of the Torts course: economic loss, property torts, and liability for the conduct of others. What’s inside - Router (TORT·0): match the facts in the question to the right page and the Act to have open. - TORT·1 Concurrent liability in contract and tort; deceit - TORT·2 Pure economic loss and the duty of care - TORT·3 Negligent misstatement (CLA ss 5A, 5R; ACL s 18) - TORT·4 Professional negligence (CLA ss 5O, 5P) - TORT·5 Economic loss from injury to another, or damage to another’s property - TORT·6 Defective buildings (DBPA s 37; Home Building Act ss 18B, 18D) - TORT·7–8 Interference with goods: title to sue, finders, trespass, conversion, detinue, damages - TORT·9 Vicarious liability and non-delegable duties (CLA ss 5Q, 6G, 6H) - TORT·10 Multiple wrongdoers: contribution and proportionate liability (LR(MP) Act 1946 s 5; CLA Pt 4) - TORT·11 Cases in the exam: the leading reading-list cases, with pinpoints Every topic page has two faces - Front: a facts → rule → what I do table, with the authority for each row (case, bench, paragraph pin and key facts). - Back: a yes/no decision chart, five fill-in sentences for writing the answer, and a list of the common ways marks are lost.