Posted: June 25th, 2015

Coursework 2 Tort Guidance Notes

Semester 3 2015

Coursework 2 Tort Guidance Notes

Academic Guidance

The question does not ask you to write an essay on tort, it asks you to advise the The Board of Directors of Choc Delux on their liability to Lauren under the tort of negligence in English Law.

Reference to the law relating to other countries should be avoided.

You can make use of bullet points if you wish but you must explain how and why the law is relevant.

The material that you need to cover is detailed under 2.2, 50 – 59% of the

assessment criterion on the question sheet posted on the module web and has been covered in lectures 11-14. This section also shows you how marks are allocated in this part of the assessment.

Additional reading has been provided on the seminar sheets posted on Moodle

Your advice to Choc Delux will be a synopsis of the tort of negligence under UK law written in a formal and   professional way avoiding slang and text speak.

Your advice should show 3 steps:-

what the law is

what the law means

why/how the law is relevant to Choc Delux using cases to illustrate and support     points  made where appropriate.

Just stating the law is not enough for a good mark at undergraduate level.

You need to show that you understand and know how to apply the law.

The level of academic detail required and style to be adopted are as delivered in

seminars

Your advice should not make reference to any of the storylines in previous

seminars and should focus only on the coursework scenario

Time will be allocated in class for Q&A about the assessment but draft submissions will not be read

Your mark will be posted on Moodle