Ghana School of Law PLC: Law of Torts (GLC) study plan

State the elements of the tort of negligence from memory (duty, breach, causation, damage) and write them out in a one-page skeleton

Explain the neighbour principle from Donoghue v Stevenson and apply it to two fresh fact patterns of your own invention

Work through the Caparo v Dickman three-stage test and articulate why each limb can defeat a novel duty claim

Distinguish the 'reasonable person' objective standard from subjective tests, and explain how the standard shifts for children, professionals and learners

Draft a short argument on whether a defendant breached duty by weighing magnitude of risk, probability of harm, cost of precautions and social utility

Trace the chain of causation and apply the 'but for' test to three hypothetical injury sequences, identifying where the chain breaks

Explain the Wagon Mound remoteness principle and separate it from directness, using one example where damage is direct but too remote

Analyse the thin-skull rule and its limits against the foreseeability of the type (not extent) of damage

Set out the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945-style apportionment reasoning and reduce damages in two worked examples

Explain volenti non fit injuria and illegality (ex turpi causa) as complete defences and identify the knowledge-and-consent elements that defeat volenti

Classify entrants as visitors, licensees or trespassers and state the duty owed to each under the Occupiers' Liability Act 1957 and 1984 frameworks

Apply the occupier's duty to children and to independent contractors, citing the relevant warning and supervision principles

State the tests for an employer's personal liability: competent staff, adequate plant, safe premises and a safe system of work

Distinguish an employee from an independent contractor using control, integration and economic reality factors

Apply the vicarious liability tests (relationship; close connection / field of activities) to two scenarios, including one involving a deliberate wrongful act

Define a tort and distinguish it from crime and contract by reference to the interests protected, the parties involved and the remedy sought

Explain the aims of tort law: compensation, deterrence, loss distribution and vindication, with one criticism of each

State the elements of battery, assault and false imprisonment and identify the mental element required for each

Distinguish assault from battery using a single fact pattern, and explain why words can negate an assault

Apply the defence of lawful arrest and the meaning of 'total restraint' to a false imprisonment problem

Distinguish private nuisance from public nuisance by the interest protected, the class of claimant and the standing rules

Apply the factors in assessing unreasonableness of interference: locality, duration, sensitivity, malice and utility of the defendant's conduct

State the elements of the rule in Rylands v Fletcher and explain its relationship to nuisance and to the defence of act of God

Define trespass to land, trespass to goods, conversion and detinue, and identify what must be shown for each

Apply the remedies of abatement, injunction and damages to a nuisance scenario and explain when an injunction will be refused

State the elements of defamation: defamatory meaning, reference to the claimant, and publication

Explain the distinction between libel and slander and the special damage rule for slander

Apply the defences of truth, honest opinion, privilege and public interest to two short publications

Calculate damages under the heads of special, general and aggravated damages and explain the duty to mitigate

Explain when a court will grant a quia timet or prohibitory injunction and why damages are said to be the primary remedy

Re-derive the full negligence framework from memory in 20 minutes without notes

Answer three mixed negligence problems under timed conditions, each in 30 minutes

Audit your weak points by marking your own answers against the framework sheet and listing every missed element

Rewrite one weak answer to full standard using the corrected structure

Complete one full mock examination covering all eight weeks under exam conditions

Self-mark the mock against a checklist of issue-spotting, authority citation and conclusion quality

Condense each remaining domain into a single revision card of no more than 150 words

Rehearse oral explanation of the Caparo test, the Wagon Mound principle and vicarious liability in under three minutes each