LawByLak — Topic 31: Negligence (OCR H418, Paper 2)

Master Liability in Negligence, one of the highest-value topics on the A-Level Tort paper and one of the easiest to drop marks on. This interactive revision module takes you through the entire three-element doctrine, duty, breach and damage, exactly the way the examiner expects to see it, then trains you to write it under timed conditions.

Everything is exam-aligned and informed by OCR examiner reports, so your time goes on what actually earns marks.

What's covered

• Duty of care: Donoghue v Stevenson, the Caparo three-stage test, and the established-category approach from Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018]
• Breach: the objective standard with professional, learner and child calibrations (Bolam, Bolitho, Nettleship, Mullin) and the five risk factors
• Damage: factual causation (the but-for test, Barnett), legal causation and remoteness (The Wagon Mound (No 1), Hughes), the eggshell skull rule (Smith v Leech Brain) and intervening acts (McKew, Knightley)
• Defences: contributory negligence and consent
• AO3 evaluation: five critique levers plus a full reform section (no-fault schemes, the compensation culture, the Civil Liability Act 2018 and more)

What's inside

• Topic-by-topic interactive tabs you can revise in any order
• Worked model answers with examiner-style annotation, plus 2-minute answer versions
• Active-recall flashcards and exam-style practice questions
• Diagrams, a full case list with the facts and ratio that matter, and ready-to-adapt top-band evaluation paragraphs
• Works on phone, tablet and desktop, with a built-in dark mode
• PDF revision guide

Who it's for A-Level Law students sitting OCR H418, OCR H018 or AQA 7162.

One file. Yours to keep. Exam-aligned, informed by examiner reports.

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