Ghana School of Law PLC: Law of Torts (GLC) case studies
Ghana School of Law PLC: Law of Torts (GLC) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Law of Torts is one of the core substantive papers in the Ghana School of Law's Professional Law Course, the vocational stage that Ghanaian law graduates must complete before being called to the Bar. The paper is for LLB graduates who already know the black-letter rules and now need to apply them the way a practitioner does: to a client's facts, under time pressure, in the Ghanaian legal setting. The Ghana School of Law PLC: Law of Torts (GLC) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,360 words.
1Broken guard-rail at Kejetia Market: occupier, warning and contributory negligence
Madam Akosua runs a cooked-food stall on the upper deck of Kejetia Market, Kumasi. The deck is owned and managed by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), which charges traders a daily toll.
763 words, about 4 min2Delivery rider, contractual label and a detour to collect a child
SwiftMove Ghana Ltd describes its delivery riders in their contracts as 'independent contractors'. They wear SwiftMove uniforms, use an app that assigns routes and times, are forbidden from working for competitors, and are paid per delivery.
640 words, about 3 min3Fuel depot seepage into a neighbouring farm: nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher
Volta Oil Storage Ltd runs a fuel depot at Tema. Its tanker discharge valve seal had been flagged in an internal audit six months earlier as 'due for replacement'.
660 words, about 3 min4Radio broadcast alleging corruption: defamation, verification and remedies
During a live morning show on Osu FM, host Kofi Mensah says: 'Nana Kojo, the procurement officer at the Ministry of Roads, awarded a GH¢2 million contract to his wife's company and pocketed GH¢200,000.' The station had received an anonymous WhatsApp message from a listener. No one called Nana Kojo before broadcast.
633 words, about 3 min5Mall security detention and search: false imprisonment, assault and vicarious liability
At Accra Mall, a till alarm sounds as Esi leaves a cosmetics shop. A security guard, using the mall's uniform and acting under the mall manager's instructions, asks her to come to a back office.
664 words, about 3 min